Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id IAA24709 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 2 Oct 2001 08:39:38 +0100 From: "salice" <salice@gmx.net> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 09:34:19 +0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: What/Who selects memes? In-reply-to: <20011001223400.AAA4424@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.52]> Message-Id: <E15oK6Q-0005C8-00@dryctnath.mmu.ac.uk> Sender: fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> If memes are, then it is more correct to ask what selected for them.
> Yes?
My basic question is what the brain does to make me like a certain
song, piece of art, worldview etc. while others don't like it. And
this is selection in my eyes.
I don't understand meme-theory if it is explained as to be
independent from dna. Memes freely floating around in heads. I don't
believe in this. People like certain memes more than others and they
output certain memes, not all they got as input. So they select memes!
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