Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id HAA16165 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 28 Jul 2001 07:30:48 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [209.240.222.131] From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Logic Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 02:27:37 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F239x1Zcn8TtEvzoxJ6000032ef@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Jul 2001 06:27:37.0509 (UTC) FILETIME=[6517FD50:01C1172E] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>From: "Dace" <edace@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re: Logic
>Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 21:53:37 -0700
>
>Bull's-eye.
>
I've never been all that great at darts, so it's good to see that I can lob
one dead center once in a while. Hopefully it makes up for all the holes
I've put in the drywall and the ceiling ;-)
>
> > >We shape ourselves. If we'd had to wait around for a couple million
>years
> > >for a random mutation to give us the necessary glands under our skin,
>we'd
> > >still be waiting. Since we can't pass on acquired characteristics
>directly
> > >to our offspring, there must be a kind of nonmaterial, species memory
>which
> > >evolves in accord with the shifting behavior of individual organisms.
>This
> > >is akin to Aristotle's notion that the form of the organism is
>determined
> > >by
> > >the species, not through machine-like processes arising from the nuclei
>of
> > >our cells.
> > >
> > >
> > Are you familiar with Rupert Sheldrake? It sounds like you are hinting
>at
> > morphic resonance and formative causation.
>
>
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