From: Kate Distin (memes@distin.co.uk)
Date: Mon 28 Nov 2005 - 09:41:25 GMT
Fantastic! I was about to post a further thought I'd had, of a meme
example that people always seem to enjoy: urban myths. But yours is
much better!
Kate
> Memes as similar to epidemics...quite timely....the Asian flu meme has
> spread faster than the flu itself...
>
>
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> From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
> Of Ben Dawson
> Sent: 26 November 2005 17:24
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: Giving a presentation on memetics
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm an undergraduate University student in Derby, England. As part of
> my coursework for the Philosophy of AI module I am studying, I am
> giving a presentation on memetics, which is an area of great interest
> to me.
>
> The presentation is to a group of students who don't have the first
> idea about memes, so I have to keep it basic. I'll be talking about
> Dawkins's introduction of the concept, giving views from various
> people including Blackmore, Dennett and Kate Distin, and giving
> viewpoints opposing the theory (Steven Rose, Mary Midgeley).
>
> I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how I could jazz-up this
> presentation, in order to put the topic across in a novel way?
>
> For example, I had thought of playing one of those annoying mobile
> ringtones at the start in order to demonstrate a clear example of what
> a meme could be. However, I'm after something a bit more novel -
> something that will really add sparkle to the talk.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas? Or any advice about the talk in general?
>
> Ben
>
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