Re[2]: Memetic Parasitism

From: Robin Faichney (robin@mmmi.org)
Date: Sun 24 Jul 2005 - 08:59:25 GMT

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Friday, July 22, 2005, 12:59:59 AM, Keith wrote:

>>...the memes and the minds
>>that act upon them.

> I would put it the other way around. Memes more often act on minds than
> minds act on them.

Asking whether memes act on minds or vice versa is like asking what determines the course of a stream: the force of the water or the nature of the land.

Of course that doesn't impinge on your main points, with which I have a lot of sympathy.

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