Putting the method to the madness

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 20 2000 - 05:49:53 BST

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    Aaron Lynch made this comment not too long ago --

    >memetics may,
    >to some extent, face circumstances resembling those of astronomy. Astronomy
    >deals with large-scale phenomena for which experimental manipulations are
    >usually difficult.

    Hmmm.

    Much of the 'truths' and 'findings' of astronomy, while certainly, and
    heavily, mathematical, are also highly technological and 'other-spectral'
    - meaning, using non-human perceptual tools to gather data.

    And I would concur- memetics will flounder hopelessly until the spectrum
    of data is expanded and the tools to perceive the infra- and the ultra-
    of culture are found.

    - Wade

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