Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id PAA10535 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:37:22 +0100 Message-ID: <002501c120e6$765da4e0$b706bed4@default> From: "Kenneth Van Oost" <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be> To: "memetics" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Logic Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:17:14 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dace <edace@earthlink.net>
>
> > > << You see, you too stick to the view that genes control everything,
> > > epimemetic landscapes must be a function of the genes. Why !?
> > > Why can 't it be that epimemetic landscapes control in what way, to
> which
> > > extend genes unfold themselves !?
> >
> > I'm arguing that memes have no relation whatsoever to genes. Memes are
> > associated with thought. When enough people subscribe to a particular
> > belief, such as the notion that evolution is a product of changing
> > environmental conditions and random genetic mutation, then this belief
> > becomes part of our collective memory.
>
> Hi Dace,
>
> Yes, I too think that evolution must be viewed as a twofold process,
> where memes drives the genes these days.
> Memes are indeed, of course associated with thought and IMO we
> have to stop applying ' genetic- like ' explanations to describe the
> memes themselves and the processes where they are involved in.
>
> A better way to describe our ' collective memory ' would be to say
> that all our individualistic " beliefs " about a certain thing are so
close
> together that it would be difficult to seperate them.
> The One is equal to the Many and we see it as the Same.
>
> All the individualistic alternatives look alike and resembles.
> All the differencies all do resemble alike but may not be far out to
> eachother so that we can't seperate them in ' individalistic belief
traits'
> and the resemblance must be up that close so that we can see a col-
> lective image emerging.
> In a way the collective memory is everywhere and nowhere and each
> individual holds a piece.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kenneth
>
> ( I am, because we are) for the quick return
>
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