Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA00624 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:20:45 +0100 Message-Id: <200010100122.VAA09461@mail3.lig.bellsouth.net> From: "Joe E. Dees" <joedees@bellsouth.net> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 20:27:34 -0500 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable Subject: Re: the conscious universe In-reply-to: <20001009095326.A1123@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <39DF5A86.DEEF1D1F@fcol.com>; from grimes@fcol.com on Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 01:16:54PM -0400 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01b) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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Subject: Re: the conscious universe
From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk>
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> On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 01:16:54PM -0400, Robert (Bob) Grimes wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > Again, I thought that most of us had come to the conclusion, way back
> > there, that the meme existed "only in the brain," but that the "meme
> > seed or token" was transmitted in many different ways and that this
> > partially explained the "evolution" of the meme.
> <snip>
> > This shows why there are "different strokes for different folks" even
> > when the written or spoken provocations, etc., appear identical. "Viva
> > la differénce"
>
> You just provided a terrific example of differing perceptions, Bob:
> I thought it was very clear that we were thoroughly split on where the
> meme resides, some saying "only in the brain", others "only in behaviour",
> and others still (like me) in both brain and behaviour.
>
> But I don't think these differences are in themselves evidence for or
> against any particular theory, as mutation can occur at almost any
> stage.
>
As can selection.
> --
> Robin Faichney
>
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