Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id JAA02209 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 17 Feb 2001 09:06:19 GMT Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 09:03:53 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Genome Project Message-ID: <20010217090353.A586@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745C64@inchna.stir.ac.uk> <000701c09857$675d0520$400abed4@default> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <000701c09857$675d0520$400abed4@default>; from Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be on Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 09:30:32PM +0100 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 09:30:32PM +0100, Kenneth Van Oost wrote:
>
> That is, when the memes came into existence were there than more
> genes with only one function and did the memes took over from the
> genes along the line of evolution !?
I'm sorry, Kenneth, but if you think there's any way that memes could
have taken over from genes, then you need to go back and reread the
basic texts. Darwin's Dangerous Idea, by Dennett, will give you a solid
grounding in both the principles of genetics and memetics.
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