Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA15568 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 30 Aug 2001 16:49:00 +0100 Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 08:47:14 -0700 From: Bill Spight <bspight@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: Cichlids & Memes To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Message-id: <3B8E6002.232BD4B6@pacbell.net> Organization: Saybrook Graduate School X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Yahoo;YIP052400} (Win95; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en References: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101746064@inchna.stir.ac.uk> Sender: fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Dear Vincent,
> Of course whether fish really have culture or memes is, I suspect, a matter
> of some contention.
>
Hmmm. I wonder if it is possible to have memes without culture.
I know, I know, memes are defined as building blocks of culture, so the
notion of a meme without culture is meaningless. Or is it?
Isn't it possible to have patterns of behavior that are reproduced via
imitation, are varied and subject to selection, without their combining
in a superstructure that we call culture? Why not? The imitation of mate
preferences in guppies seems a good candidate for such.
Best,
Bill
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