Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id MAA25105 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:13:48 GMT Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745C28@inchna.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: memetics and ingenuity Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:12:42 -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
Hi Barak,
Welcome to the list.
High school essays on memetics, eh? Can I ask what class that's for?
As to reading, it depends partly on the requirements of the assignment, and
the resources available to you. Obviously use the online journal, and
particularly check the bibliographies of articles, because there are a fair
few websites out there that many of the authors run themselves that you'll
get the addresses for. Even if the content of particular articles don't
help you, you should see from them the key works that people always cite
when discussing memetics, not least Richard Dawkins' 'The Selfish Gene'
(1976) which coined the term (but then I bet you knew of that one).
Check through the archives of this discussion list also, it's jammed full of
references to all sorts of topics, but not least references to articles
(many online) and books specifically about memetics.
Good luck with it.
Vincent
> ----------
> From: Barak Sered
> Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2001 12:50 am
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: memetics and ingenuity
>
> Hello,
> I am a high school atudent, and I am writing a research paper dealing with
> the study of memetics. I know enough to realize that this is quite a big
> field, and so I have narrowed my topic. I am interested in the
> relationship between memetics and human ingenuity i.e. how can human
> ingenuity exist within the realm of memetics. I would appreciate it if you
> could help me find some information (articles, web-sites, books etc.)
> about this topic.
> Thank you very much,
> Barak
>
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