Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution

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    On 17 Feb 2001, at 20:37, Wade T.Smith wrote:

    > Hi Robin Faichney -
    >
    > >Surely all "fitness" means is that, in any given context, some things
    > >are more stable than others -- "fit" is what we call the stable ones.
    >
    > And what, pray tell, is stable?
    >
    > - Wade
    >
    And thus begins the endless journey into the semiotic web, where
    each word meaning depends upon the meanings of a plethora of
    others, endlessly.
    >
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