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From: "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu>
> Interesting question. We have to differentiate between the content and the
> memetic vehicle that carries the content. Evidently, some memes appeal or
> repel different genders, and indeed may be specifically designed to apeal to
> one gender over another, or any other subset of the population.
Yes, differentiating between content and container makes sense, unless the
medium is the message. In that respect, aren't memes similar to genes in that
they can't exist outside an organism? Just as genes for determining mammary
gland size don't mormally work in male organisms, so memes for determining
maternal behavior don't normally register with males.
> As vehicles, I have seen nothing in my experience to suggest that males or
> females are intrinsically more able than the other to repel memes. The
> standard types of defenses that people may have against memes seem equally
> available to either gender.
Well, I've noticed that girls are more prone to play with dolls than are boys.
And boys seem to be more attracted to playing with guns.
τΏτ
Stay hungry,
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism
Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
(Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)
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