Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution

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    On 6 Feb 2001, at 10:25, William Benzon wrote:

    > on 2/6/01 8:57 AM, joedees@bellsouth.net at joedees@bellsouth.net
    > wrote:
    >
    > > On 6 Feb 2001, at 13:22, Robin Faichney wrote:
    > >
    > >> On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 05:33:36AM -0600, joedees@bellsouth.net
    > >> wrote:
    > >>>>> Freedom means that our emergent self-conscious awareness can >
    > >> exert causal control, not just over our bodies, but over our
    > >> brains;
    > >>
    > >> Saying so doesn't make it so, Joe!
    > >>
    > > But evidence does tend to corroborate claims in the scientific
    > > realm.
    >
    > There's been a lot of neural work on this. See the collection<
    > Benjamin Libet, Anthony Freeman, & Keith Sutherland, eds. The
    > Volitional Brain: Towards a Neuroscience of Free Will. Imprint
    > Academic, 1999.
    >
    Thanks; I just ordered it!
    >
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