Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id BAA04412 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 30 Mar 2001 01:01:19 +0100 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 15:57:09 -0800 Message-Id: <200103292357.PAA11104@mail16.bigmailbox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary X-Mailer: MIME-tools 4.104 (Entity 4.116) X-Originating-Ip: [216.76.255.70] From: "Joe Dees" <joedees@addall.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Memetic Paradigms Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is)
>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:59:51 +0100
>From: Chris Taylor <Christopher.Taylor@man.ac.uk>
>To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: Memetic Paradigms
>Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>
>> Truly a man after my own heart. The group selectionist stuff needs a
>> closer look in this context - there seems to be competition between
>> whole stuctures of memes/species in a way that is (I think) pretty rare
>> in the world of ecosystems.
>
>I think there's something funny going on with time, and of course these
>things will not interact in the way that species do (i.e. eating each
>other etc.).
>
Actually, they will. Fpr example, if an atheist converts to theism, or vice-versa, the former meme can be said to have been killed off by the latter one.
>
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> Chris Taylor (chris@bioinf.man.ac.uk)
> http://bioinf.man.ac.uk/ »people»chris
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