From: Scott Chase (ecphoric@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu 22 Apr 2004 - 01:44:00 GMT
Derek:
Did anybody make an actual explicit reference to "memes" or "memetics"
or are you assuming that use of a phrase like "tipping point" or
"infected" implies a reference to memetics itself?
There's a big difference between an explicit reference to memetics and
something implied by a meme-like term used by a prominent person in my
mind. The latter case, if so, seems to be quite a stretch to make it
appear that memetics has a wider appeal or usage than may be the case.
attached mail follows:
On Monday night's Channel 4 News, Iain Davidson MP, of
the "Labour Against the Euro" group said that "a
tipping point" had been reached in the European
Constitution debate. Later in the same program, but a
separate (recorded) interview, Keith Vaz MP, former
Europe Minister, said that calls for a referendum had
now "infected the whole debate about Europe". Jon
Snow, the main presenter, was the first to use the
phrase "tipping point" on Channel 4 News in October of
last year. (see http://cfpm.org/~majordom/memetics/2000/16138.html)
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