From: Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
Date: Mon 19 May 2003 - 13:32:56 GMT
Bill Benzon wrote:
<<I can't speak for Wade, but I don't have any problem understanding the
claims of people who argue for memes-in-the-head that get replicated from
one person to another. I just don't agree with them.
In a similar fashion, I don't have trouble understanding the claims of
people who believe that the earth is only 6000 years old. But I don't think
those claims are correct.>>
I'm having a great deal of difficulty understanding you. I know you're not
saying you don't believe knowledge can be taught. Right? You're not saying
that, are you? So you must be saying something else. I'm guessing you are
saying something like you don't believe the physical representation of
knowledge in someone's brain gets replicated. If that's what you're saying,
let me point out that that's not a requirement for memetics any more than it
is necessary for any matter to be transferred when you download software
from a server.
Richard Brodie
www.memecentral.com
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