empirical "memetics"

From: William Benzon (bbenzon@mindspring.com)
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Subject: empirical "memetics"
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    Those interested in real data should take a look at:

    Colin Martindale, The Clockwork Muse: The Predictability of Artistic Change,
    Basic Books, 1990.

    While Martindale nowhere uses the term or concept of "meme" he more than
    makes up for that "deficiently" by providing a great deal of data on the
    evolution of art, mainly poetry and music, but also painting. It does
    discuss mechanisims of selection and variation. 

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    William L. Benzon, Ph. D.
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