Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id UAA07200 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:26:34 GMT Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:43:08 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: DNA Culture .... Trivia? Message-ID: <20010119194308.A2515@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20010119165624.AAA26388@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <20010119165624.AAA26388@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 11:57:47AM -0500 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 11:57:47AM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 01/19/01 09:51, Robin Faichney said this-
>
> >> Behaviors happen- whether or not something replicates during this, is,
> >> IMHO, still to be proven.
> >
> >Do you agree that imitation of behaviour happens? Because I'd
> >think it difficult to deny, and it logically implies that something
> >replicates (the behaviour).
>
> Is likewise behaviors necessarily imitation of behavior? I suppose there
> ain't no reason not to say so.
>
> But, logically, any ball rolling down a tube will exhibit the same
> behavior as any other ball, and, no, it has not been proved that cultural
> behavior is not just a rolling ball.
>
> Has it?
>
> >If you understood even the small part of memetics that's not generally
> >contended here, you wouldn't ask such a question. Have you read any
> >books about it?
>
> I'm here because I do read about it. I'm also here because I ain't been
> convinced. And telling me I'm asking stupid questions ain't convincing me
> to your side, I'll tell ya that.
Take your suggestion, above, that we don't imitate each other, that all
behavioural similarities are due to intrinsic individual characteristics,
and are never mediated by communication.
Sorry, but there's no way I can see that as anything other than stupid.
If you don't like my reaction to you, then stop trying to engage me
in dialogue. In return, I'll stop responding to anything of your's
that isn't addressed directly to me.
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