Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id PAA18376 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sun, 29 Jul 2001 15:23:51 +0100 Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 11:06:40 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Memes and Archetypes Message-ID: <20010729110640.B513@ii01.org> References: <F204Nwqeq5Z3JjQWrBS000077bf@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <F204Nwqeq5Z3JjQWrBS000077bf@hotmail.com>; from ecphoric@hotmail.com on Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 09:15:55AM -0400 From: Robin Faichney <robin@ii01.org> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 09:15:55AM -0400, Scott Chase wrote:
>
> I've seen some pretty astonishing "patterns" in clouds, which sometimes
> resemble objects I am familiar with. Ink blots probably go the same way. How
> do we know memes or archetypes aren't in the minds of the beholders, who
> ascribe the label of meme or archetype to some apparent pattern?
For memes, as for genes, it's all about stability, longevity,
reccurrence. The evidence for memes is *repeating* patterns of
non-genetically-determined behaviour.
-- "A prime source of meta-memes" -- Inside Information -- http://www.ii01.org/ Robin Faichney=============================================================== This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing) see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
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