Re: Myths and Memes: Distinction?

From: Douglas Brooker (dbrooker@clara.co.uk)
Date: Fri Jan 19 2001 - 23:30:51 GMT

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    Vincent Campbell wrote:

    > Personally, I'd urge caution over incorporating memetics into a PhD thesis,
    > though. It's not that the theory isn't potentially interesting, or that
    > research shouldn't be done, but there's a lot at stake there to risk
    > personally for you, on a theory that has major points of disagreement even
    > amongst the most committted proponents- spend any time at all on this list,
    > and you'll see this very clearly.

    I came to this list to see if memetics had anything to offer mine (selective
    collective delusion in law) and have come to the conclusion it doesn't. Still,
    there's a void in language to describe the things I study. The language of
    mythology will be adequate, if unsatisfactory.

    Thanks Jess and Chris for your postings, they're really interesting.

    Douglas

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