Re: The Demise of a Meme

From: Scott Chase (ecphoric@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 26 2001 - 05:10:09 BST

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    >From: "Wade T.Smith"
    >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >To: "Memetics Discussion List"
    >Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme
    >Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 21:30:22 -0500
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    > >Show me a "science" without props, please.
    >
    >Well, of course, to wander into definition-land, I don't know any science
    >that is a theatrical entity... so, show me a science that needs some....
    >
    >;-)
    >

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    The presentation of scientific topics in textbooks and popularizations goes well with props. Think of the pictures of peppered moths against different backgrounds in biology texts or the visual representations of molecular structure in organic chemistry texts. I forked out some money for one of those plastic stick figure kits so I could marvel over ring structures.

    Some diagrams are less representative of reality than others. The infamous depictions of vertebrate embryos portrayed by Haeckel come to mind. He overstated the case for early similarity and the creationists won't ever let us forget it.

    All one needs for props in memetics is a puppet and the strings controlled by someone wearing a t-shirt with "memeplex" silkscreened on the front.  

     


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