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On 14 Feb 2001, at 21:16, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> Hi Bill Spight -
>
> >It is a
> >form that is more fit for its environment.
>
> Hmmm. Says who? And just what environment is that for which one form
> is more fitted than another...?
>
> You see the quandary I'm in with all this alterating and environment
> stuff. How is memetic fit defined? What is the environment that it
> (whatever it is) needs to 'fit' into? How is this not a chicken/egg
> question? In what way can it be said that memes are products of their
> environment when we here are most certainly saying that, since they
> are cultural entities, it is tricky ground indeed to start to discuss
> where environment and genetics divide, if they divide at all.
>
The environment to which he is referring is the cognitive
environment, I think.
>
> - Wade
>
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