Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA13810 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 8 Jun 2000 16:30:05 +0100 Message-ID: <000b01bfd162$080e0540$a402bed4@default> From: "Kenneth Van Oost" <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be> To: "memetics" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <3937D449.4110CB30@mediaone.net> <00060311421600.00520@faichney> Subject: Re: Jabbering ! Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 11:23:39 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: Jabbering !
> And it is so because people know it's not the only teacher. Don't allow
your
> preferences to blind you to the facts.
<<It's very clear that you're an individualist, but that doesn't mean we're
all isolated. >>
That' s why I say I am, because we are !!
> Culture *requires*
> imitation, in absolute terms. The beginnings of speech are in the
infant's
> attempt to imitate sounds they hear others make. Of course there are
other
> important factors, but imitation is essential. Likewise, children, if you
> spend much time watching them, are always imitating things they've seen
> adults do.
<< Teenagers, at the stage when they're developing their own identity, will
naturally react against adult preaching. But they tend to be very
conformist within their own peer group.>>
For a better understanding of this I propose you read Judith Rich Harris'
book ' The Nurture Assumption ' .
Simply said she point out that children aren' t raised by their parents but
by their contempories.
Very interesting for the concept of evolution of memes.
Regards,
Kenneth
(I am, because we are)
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