Re: The Demise of a Meme

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 28 2001 - 14:59:07 BST

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Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:59:07 -0500
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    On 03/28/01 08:30, Chris Taylor said this-

    And it was all wonderful until this...

    >our [memetic] predisposition to see faces
    >(uniformly convex) overules the (slightly less detailed) sensory
    >evidence.

    ..... since all the evidence I'm aware of calls the ability (the need, the
    predisposition) to perceive faces as genetic.

    What we do with the face is memetic, the fact we see it is genetic.

    Thus, we have loonies seeing faces on Mars, and then announcing
    conspiracies to keep ancient martian civilizations secret....

    - Wade

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