Re: DNA Culture .... Trivia?

From: Robin Faichney (robin@reborntechnology.co.uk)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2001 - 09:25:28 GMT

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On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 11:47:09PM -0600, Mark Mills wrote:
> Wade,
>
> At 09:39 AM 1/16/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >I'm still concerned, vis a vis genetic/memetic analogs, that sex ain't
> >been analogued memetically as well, because, well, dammit, that _is_ the
> >genetic passage. What is sexual to memetics?
>
> Most genetic replication is mitosis (division), not meiosis (sexual).
> Additionally, there are some organisms that can do both.
>
> Sex is just one way to get the job done.

That's very true. But a little more can be said about this re memetics:
memes influence each other within one mind (eg cognitive dissonance)
and in behavioural expression, where more than one meme is involved.

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