Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id MAA16411 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 20 Apr 2001 12:02:32 +0100 Message-ID: <030001c0c92b$98635fc0$8e5d2a42@jrmolloy> From: "J. R. Molloy" <jr@shasta.com> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745DBE@inchna.stir.ac.uk> Subject: Re: memes and sexuality Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 16:50:59 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Genetic determination of gun use seems *slightly* questionable to me too.
Nevertheless, genetic determination of many other gender-oriented behaviors
appear obvious to all but the most idealistic and politically correct
ideologues.
--J. R.
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From: "Vincent Campbell" <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 6:15 AM
Subject: RE: memes and sexuality
> I was making a joke on that bit... but the other part stands though, about
> the genetic determination of gun use. Seems highly unlikely to me.
>
> vincent
>
> > ----------
> > From: J. R. Molloy
> > Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 12:07 am
> > To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> > Subject: Re: memes and sexuality
> >
> > From: "Vincent Campbell" <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
> > I don't see, however, how guns, or gun use could be genetically
> > determined (surely, even if it was, then mistaking a banana for a gun
> > would
> > be rather non-adaptive :-)).
> >
> > "mistaking" a banana for a gun isn't the same as pretending that it is a
> > gun.
> > In play, the banana is adapted for use as something it's not.
> >
> > --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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