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Richard Brodie wrote: "Science is most certainly not memeless. It is a set of carefully crafted
memes designed to produce reliable knowledge and theories through
observation and hypothesis. "
Crafted? I'm not sure if that is the best word to use, as it implies purposive design. But, of course, scientific memes were not "designed", they are the result of natural memetic selection. It is accidental that science, or any other memeplex, is comprised of its collection of memes. It could have been a lot different -- in fact it has been during certain periods of history. Its just that science's current range of memes happen to be more successful self-replicators than some of their competing memes.
Brent.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Brodie
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: The Demise of a Meme
Science is most certainly not memeless. It is a set of carefully crafted
memes designed to produce reliable knowledge and theories through
observation and hypothesis. People have died to propagate the memes of
science.
Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com www.memecentral.com
-----Original Message-----
From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
Wade T.Smith
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 1:23 PM
To: memetics list
Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme
On 03/20/01 13:21, Tim Rhodes said this-
>Thus proving that Wade will forever remain blind to the shamans of
>science itself, locked as he is in their worship and magical dances.
>;-)
>
>-Tim
Oh, Timmy, Timmy....
I dance, yes, but, science is without shamans.
Science is the memeless observation of nature, not the local dance party
for the rain gods.
But I'm happy to dance at another party.
- Wade
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