RE: memetic or genetic laziness

From: Chris Lofting (ddiamond@ozemail.com.au)
Date: Thu Oct 12 2000 - 12:39:28 BST

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    Subject: RE: memetic or genetic laziness
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    singlemindedness. Seekers of clarity, the eternal, no change and that
    includes same clothes every day, same food, etc etc etc like lions on the
    plains :-) sleep a lot.... conservation of energy ...genetic...but it is
    catching...

    best,

    Chris
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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
    > Of Brent Silby
    > Sent: Thursday, 12 October 2000 8:08
    > To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Subject: memetic or genetic laziness
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    >
    >
    > >It's totally and completely and only laziness, Tim.
    > >
    > >- Wade (who is prone, he admits)
    >
    > I am interested in whether traits such as laziness are memetic or genetic.
    > Our ancestors might have had some survival difficulties if laziness was a
    > biologically endowed trait, so I think it might be a socially acquired
    > behavior. But where would such a behavior have its origin?
    >
    > Brent.
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