Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA25537 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:39:13 GMT Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 08:16:11 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution Message-ID: <20010215081611.B715@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20010214221310.AAA18804%camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.168]> <3A8B342C.3676580A@pacbell.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <3A8B342C.3676580A@pacbell.net>; from bspight@pacbell.net on Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 05:43:08PM -0800 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 05:43:08PM -0800, Bill Spight wrote:
> Dear Wade,
>
> > > Memes are altered in such a way that they fit the
> > >environment better.
> >
> > Interesting statement....
> >
> > Any verification of it?
>
> Maybe you find it to be more interesting than I intended. All I meant
> was things like the alteration to "Play it again, Sam." That is the form
> that propogated, even though the original is preserved on film. It is a
> form that is more fit for its environment. Examples are legion.
Ha! Classic fallacy: of course examples of adaptive mutation are legion
-- those are the ones that survive! How many examples of maladaptive
genetic mutation do we know?
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