Re: meme as catalytic indexical

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----- Original Message ----- From: "M Lissack" <lissacktravel@yahoo.com>
> Some ideas thrive some ideas do not. What is that
> distinguishes them? What is the mechanism for their
> thriving or failing?

<< On how and why or what for and how many times a meme/ performance is/ has been or will be repeated.

> Memes as replicator is an assertion that the meme is
> its own cause for replication. Idea as "Final Cause"
> if you will. But what distinguishes the causes
> between successful and unsuccessful memes?

<< A good or a bad performance would do the trick in the specific cultural/ social environment needed for its propagation/ replication/ performation.
  Regards,

Kenneth

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