Re: The Redefinition of Memes: Ascribing Meaning to an Empty Cliché

From: Keith Henson (hkhenson@rogers.com)
Date: Fri 05 Dec 2003 - 05:23:57 GMT

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    At 07:03 PM 03/12/03 -0800, M Lissack <lissacktravel@yahoo.com> wrote:

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    > which stand in the way of the memetics field making true progress.

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    I think a better case can be made that pretentious status seekers who try to impress by using words like "affordances," "indexical," and "ontic" stand in the way of the memetics field making true progress.

    I would not have responded at all if I had not been annoyed by a second copy to my off list email.

    Keith Henson

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