Re: Meme and mneme

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At 04:18 PM 2/17/2006 -0800, Ted wrote:

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>We may also speak of a memetic field that embraces the individuals
>under the influence of the cartoons and their associated mnemes. The more
>people drawn into the field, the more powerful it becomes.

I don't grok mnemes or "memetic field" but it probably doesn't matter.

>But ultimately
>the cartoons cease to be current, that is, the current is reduced and
>eventually cuts out. At that point the memetic field dies, and the
>associated mnemes return to their dormant state.

Or this might be known as the "cartoon" war and a hundred million people will die.

I have this horrible thought that the original function of memes might have been to synch a band's warrior up to an attempt to kill off the tribe next door when the inevitable overpopulation generated a resource crunch.

It is obvious to me that those who were organized about attacking at appropriate times would do better than those who could not get organized.

Scary!

Keith Henson

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