Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id RAA06662 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 20 Jun 2001 17:29:09 +0100 Subject: RE: World Language Losses at a Glance Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:25:17 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20010620162526.AAA20852@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 06/20/01 09:36, Vincent Campbell said this-
>I'm not sure whether cultural diversity deserves the
>same kind of concern.
_If_ one accepts the notion that culture is an artifact of
genetic/environmental adaptation (and nothing or little else), then the
fact that cultural diversity closely tracks (and could be described as
being dependent upon) biological diversity is a straightforward and
logical path, and, yes, would delegate cultural concerns to a back
burner, at best, assuming one's stove had enough burners in the first
place....
Depends how many people you're cooking for....
- Wade
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