Re: Now They're Singing a Different Song

From: Robin Faichney (robin@reborntechnology.co.uk)
Date: Fri Jan 19 2001 - 12:40:34 GMT

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From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk>
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    On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 06:45:32AM -0500, Aaron Agassi wrote:
    >
    > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 11:25:39PM -0500, Aaron Agassi wrote:
    > > > Yes, but does this help to explain any Memetic equivalent?
    > >
    > > The question begged by it, to my mind, is whether speciation can be
    > > meme-driven. On the face of it, it would seem so.
    >
    > Only if bird songs are regarded as Memetic rather than Neurological,
    > genetic, Physical information in Nature.
    >
    > But this problem does not arise, if Nature, all, is acknowledged as Memetic,
    > and Empirical experience as Memetic replication or template from reality.
    > That not only are memes replicated, Memetically, but physical information
    > transmits into Memetics, much as RNA and DNA interchange. But with greater
    > mutation and loss.
    >
    > In other words, to remember that Memetics is only a branch of Mimetics.
    > Cultural replication is only a special case of replication in general. Not
    > dichotomous at all.

    Diesel is only a special case of vehicle fuel in general. But I'm
    careful not to put it in my petrol tank, even so. Sometimes distinctions
    are useful. 

    -- 
Robin Faichney
robin@reborntechnology.co.uk

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