Re: Darwinizing Culture: The Status of Memetics as a Science

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 19 2001 - 02:25:17 BST

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    Hi William Benzon -

    >I wonder if this
    >> means memetics too is dangerous and insiduous.
    >
    >Of course it is. Like creationism, it distracts otherwise intelligent
    >people from thinking in serious and useful ways.

    Oh dear. Are we back to that 'thinking' hypothesis?

    - Wade

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