Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id BAA06155 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sun, 29 Oct 2000 01:14:39 +0100 Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20001028195906.022efbe0@pop3.htcomp.net> X-Sender: mmills@pop3.htcomp.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 20:08:28 -0500 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk From: Mark Mills <mmills@htcomp.net> Subject: Re: Defining and moving on In-Reply-To: <035f01c03ec0$5413ca80$a921e7d8@proftim> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Tim wrote:
At 01:15 PM 10/25/00 -0700, you wrote:
>So here's a start, I call:
>
>A) the external vehicle by which memetic information is passed: the
>G-meme.
>B) the internal information necessary for propagating the cultural
>information: the L-meme.
>C) the combination of internal and external that results in
>replication: the meme
This has sounded like a reasonable compromise since Tim proposed it. It's
worked pretty well for me.
On the other hand, I also agree with Bill Benzon about the need for
empirical work. The latter half of this list's sponsoring organization,
JoM-Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission, is probably a better
'working' subject area than 'memetics.' As long as someone can propose an
'evolutionary model of information transmission' and collect experimental
data (simulated or field work), they are doing work relevant to this
journal. After the data has been hashed out, it might be worth improving
the definition of 'meme.'
Mark
http://www.htcomp.net/markmills
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