Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Tue Feb 06 2001 - 21:25:37 GMT

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    On 6 Feb 2001, at 20:31, Robin Faichney wrote:

    > On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:22:04AM -0600, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
    > > On 6 Feb 2001, at 16:02, Robin Faichney wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 06,
    > 2001 at 09:11:30AM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote: > > > On 02/06/01 08:57,
    > joedees@bellsouth.net said this- > > > > > > >It shows that if one
    > perseveres, one can change one's own mind in > > > >desired directions
    > not just in the short term, but also in the long > > > > term, or
    > what's a college education for? > > > > > > And this, indeed, is
    > freedom. > > > > > > (I think someone was talking about freedom....) >
    > > > > > > But, look at the social substrate required for this freedom.
    > > > > > > > How rare it is, and has ever been. > > > > Are you saying
    > only college graduates are free??? > > > Are you saying that not only
    > they, but also kings and dot-com > zillionaires, possess no (real
    > rather than illusory) freedom at all?
    >
    > If you'd take the trouble to read with reasonable care and then think
    > about what I write, you'd know I'd never say that.
    >
    > So I guess it's hopeless... :-(
    >
    If you're saying that we all enjoy freedom and suffer constraint,but
    in differing degrees, that works.
    > --
    > Robin Faichney
    > robin@reborntechnology.co.uk
    >
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