Re: Polichak on memetics

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Thu 29 May 2003 - 09:13:34 GMT

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    >
    > On Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 09:33 PM, Richard wrote:
    >
    > > To
    > > say memetics doesn't focus on the actions a person takes to spread
    > > information? Where would someone come up with that?
    >
    > Good question. I sure wouldn't. In fact, I've been trying to make the
    > actions a person takes even more important than the information
    > itself. Now, where did I come up with that?
    >
    I have no idea, considering that in the lion's share of the cases, the information retained by a person, especially if it is memetic, (i.e., if the character of its message tends towards inspiring the host in the direction of its own replication) goes a long way towards selecting their subsequent actions.
    >
    > - Wade
    >
    > PS- I'm sure I posted it here, but, a while back, Mini-AIR, the email
    > announcement of the Annal of Irreproducible Results, had a survey of
    > the least read specialty journals, and, lo, practically first among
    > them was our own Journal of Memetics.
    >
    > So, the list of people who consider memetics useless is, well, rather
    > long. I daresay even those here who defy the founders, or try to
    > actually define the so far undefined and unfound entity itself, do not
    > consider it useless, or they wouldn't be here. Aaron Lynch, in his own
    > way, has already declared the 'meme' useless. Others, despite their
    > well-intentioned popularizing, provide more of a target than a
    > direction.
    >
    >
    >
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