Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA13617 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sun, 14 Jan 2001 13:44:42 GMT User-Agent: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 5.0 (1513) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 08:42:10 -0500 Subject: Re: DNA Culture .... Trivia? From: William Benzon <bbenzon@mindspring.com> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Message-ID: <B68716E0.6906%bbenzon@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <20010112215738.A2288@reborntechnology.co.uk> Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
on 1/12/01 4:57 PM, Robin Faichney at robin@reborntechnology.co.uk wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 09:42:42AM -0500, William Benzon wrote:
>>
>> Their favorite stories seem to be about religion and cultures. And the
>> stories they tell indicate that they have a very shallow conception of human
>> nature and society. The orthodox memetic position is that the most
>> important thing about religion is that it is irrational. That's what they
>> want to explain. How do they explain it? By saying those pesky memes are
>> working juju on the minds of otherwise unsuspecting adults.
>>
>> That's a pathetic explanation. It tells me these people simply do not have
>> any deep conception of human nature. They aren't interested in explaining
>> human behavior. Rather, they want to explain it away by palming it off on
>> memes.
>
> I think you're absolutely right regarding that "explanation" of religion
> and the people who propound it. But I'd like to see you try to back up
> your claim that it's "the orthodox memetic position".
Are you suggesting that Dawkins, Dennett, Lynch, & Blackmore have something
else to say on the matter?
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