Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id JAA02345 (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 09:18:19 GMT From: <joedees@bellsouth.net> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 03:21:53 -0600 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Genome Project Message-ID: <3A8DEE51.29745.316DF9C@localhost> In-reply-to: <20010217090353.A586@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <000701c09857$675d0520$400abed4@default>; from Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be on Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 09:30:32PM +0100 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 17 Feb 2001, at 9:03, Robin Faichney wrote:
> 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.
>
In addition, memes are "in addition to" genes instead of "instead
of" genes.
> --
> Robin Faichney
> robin@reborntechnology.co.uk
>
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