RE: The Demise of a Meme

From: Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
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    "Reality is the only God and Science is his Prophet"...?

    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: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 5:39 AM
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    Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme

    On 03/21/01 05:03, Robin Faichney said this-

    >I think you're confusing
    >personal insight with scientific discovery.

    I don't differentiate the two.

    But-

    >Science [in its full process] is a
    >set of memeplexes that, ideally, reflect reality exactly, but in practice
    >are always vulnerable to being found imperfect.

    - yes.

    And nothing else is.

    - Wade

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