From: Keith Henson (hkhenson@rogers.com)
Date: Mon 19 May 2003 - 20:40:52 GMT
>
>But let's go back to about the time of Watt and assume Jack and Jill were
>both mechanical engineers who designed and built Newcomen engines. Let's
>say that Jill was on her way home from a lecture by Watt and finds Jack on
>the horse drawn trolley. She could talk to Jack about it, draw him a
>picture, or write the words "separate condenser" on paper and show it to
>him. There would be a near immediate change in Jack's behavior with the
>chances being very high he would *never* design and build another Newcomen
>engine.
>
>That's a meme replication event.
http://www.technology.niagarac.on.ca/courses/tech238g/newcomen.htm
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