Re: The Status of Memetics as a Science

From: Robin Faichney (robin@ii01.org)
Date: Sat Apr 21 2001 - 10:34:32 BST

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    In-Reply-To: <20010420211159.AAA24528@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.15]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 05:11:59PM -0400
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    On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 05:11:59PM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
    >
    > But, is it not somewhat dangerous to give those who would prey upon this
    > ease of influence a new name, 'memetic engineer', (as well as invent the
    > discipline, 'memetic engineering'), rather than isolate the mechanism
    > itself, and allow ethics more prevalence over judgment?

    You can't isolate a pattern -- especially one that's part of a complex
    system.

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