Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id MAA00931 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 29 Mar 2001 12:44:40 +0100 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:32:00 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme Message-ID: <20010329113200.B1098@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20010328201301.AAA13169@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <20010328201301.AAA13169@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 03:12:54PM -0500 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 03:12:54PM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 03/28/01 13:41, Robin Faichney said this-
>
> >In *my* universe almost everthing there is is a non-statement. I really
> >can't imagine what your's must be like.
>
> You can either show it to me, or tell me about it.
>
> If you show me, it's a fact. If you tell me, it's a fiction.
>
> Which one is a statement in your universe?
>
> All statements are fiction in mine.
>
> And so far, only humans are known to make statements. (Although making
> fictions may not be pre-emptively humanity's domain.)
>
> So, yeah, we would seem to agree that the universe is mostly (entirely,
> to a precision of quite a number...) non-statements....
Ever felt out of your depth, Wade? Or are you sure there's solid ground
there -- right under your feet -- it's just -- for some strange reason --
you can't actually feel it right now?
:-)
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