RE: The Status of Memetics as a Science

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 20 2001 - 22:13:38 BST

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Subject: RE: The Status of Memetics as a Science
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    Hi Lawrence DeBivort -

    >It does establish some expectation in my mind about the
    >likelihood of its continued usefulness, but I don't think of this
    >expectation as 'faith' in any sense of the word being used here.

    And that's a wonderful description of what a scientist means when he says
    'faith', and what is so often wrapped around something quite different by
    those who would 'faith' us into belief....

    - Wade

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