Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA16137 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:36:16 GMT Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745C19@inchna.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: mimetics and memetics Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:34:58 -0000 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Hiya everyone,
Just after some clarfication here.
I've been asked by a colleague if I've spelt memetics properly, i.e. should
there be an 'i' in it rather than an 'e' (good evidence that the questioner
has never heard of memetics). Now, it's not that I don't know there's a
difference, I just wanted to check that I'd got a simple answer to anyone
who may ask "how's memetics different from mimetics?"
Looking at dictionary definitions of mimetics, a lot use the idea of dance.
So, would I be right in saying that a mimetic dance would be one where the
dance involves imitating something (e.g. the funky chicken.. sorry best
example I could think of!)?
Am I right also in thinking that mimetics in nature is about things like
markings on, or shapes of, organisms that look like other things (e.g.
plants that have parts looking like insects, and vice versa)?
I'm kind of assuming that this relationship has been discussed before on
this list. I'd be surprised if it hasn't.
Vincent
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