Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id RAA12030 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:04:42 +0100 Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745D2E@inchna.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: The Demise of a Meme Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:01:37 +0100 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
<I only meant (only...), that memelessness is a necessary condition
for
> the eureka moment- that this act of creation cannot and will not happen
> in a swim of memes (namely preconditions and preconceptions), and, since
> the creative moment is a 'good' thing (there, I said it...), memelessness
> is a good thing.
>
> Impossible to achieve for more than a moment, of course.
>
> And, yes, if anyone could come up with an experiment to determine
> memelessness that is humane, I'd love to know about it. IMHO, there is no
> such thing, in my set of ethics.>
>
I wouldn't disagree here in principle, except that I'm not convinced
memelessness is a_necessary_condition for that eureka moment. I tend to
find my best insights (which, sure, may not amount to much) come at periods
of intense intellectual activity, like when I'm trying to write a conference
paper and am struggling for time, and I'm trying to collate lots of ideas
into some kind of cohesive whole and my notes are all over the place-
suddenly I'll get going on it, and something takes shape (I'm in the middle
of something like this at the moment, although it's not taking shape, so I'm
beginning to stress a bit!). having said this, I do sometimes get them just
as I'm about to go to sleep, or on the toilet like many other people (sorry,
was that too much information?).
> - Wade
>
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