Re: Labels for memes

From: Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Date: Wed Jan 31 2001 - 11:03:38 GMT

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From: "Tim Rhodes" <proftim@speakeasy.org>
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    Richard wrote:

    <<<Memes do have one phase of their existence outside the brain, just as
    genes have one phase of their existence outside the cell nucleus.>>>

    The manifestation of the phenotype does not change the structure of the
    genotype in the following generation. But the manifestation of the
    behavor DOES effect the structure of the meme translated to the next
    generation.

    How do resolve this conflict?

    (I.E.: That in memes the "outside existence" can introduce variation
    into the replicator, but in genes this is most assuredly not the case.)

    -Tim

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    Tim Rhodes
    memes@sil2k.org
    Eyes, Ears & Memes, SIL2K
    Strategic Improv Laboratories 2000
    www.sil2k.org
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