Re: The Demise of a Meme

From: Scott Chase (ecphoric@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Mar 31 2001 - 07:43:59 BST

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    >From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk>
    >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme
    >Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:18:37 +0100
    >
    >On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 01:50:57PM +0100, Chris Taylor wrote:
    > > Psychology is now where biology was 100 years ago. Biology now is where
    > > physics was 100 years ago.
    >
    >These are great tabloid headlines, but (like tabloid headlines) they're
    >not going to convince anyone who is not already inclined to believe it.
    >In fact, I'd say, strictly speaking, these statements are meaningless,
    >because these disciplines are not directly comparable.
    >
    But they are quite bridgeable in the realm of comparative psychology. I
    guess this little cubbyhole of theoretical hybridization is quite backward,
    depending on modern evolutionary theory as it does. Ditto for ethology.

    Memetics OTOH...

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