RE: transmission

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Scott:
>>Memory, idea, rule and performance are great words in their own right.
>>Smearing a word like "meme" across them does not seem to add much clarity.

Keith:
>"Poodle, Collie, pit bull, and wolfhound are all great words in their own
>right. Smearing a word like "dog" across them does not seem to add much
>clarity."

Phil: Introducing the concept of a dog to underline what poodles, collies and the like have in common... Introducing the concept of a meme to underline what religions, ideas, inventions and the like have in common...

Wow, brilliant rebuttal Keith! (No offense Scott...)

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