Re: Meme location

From: Bill Spight (bspight@pacbell.net)
Date: Sat Oct 06 2001 - 17:41:25 BST

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From: Bill Spight <bspight@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: Meme location
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    Dear Robin,

    >
    > The memetic transmission chain is brain -> behaviour -> brain...
    >
    > Memes are transmitted between brains via behaviour, and between instances
    > of behaviour via brains.
    >
    > "Behaviour" includes speaking, listening, writing, reading, creation of
    > artifacts and examination of them, so artifacts are recorded behaviour.
    >
    > So memes have to be encoded both in brains and in behaviour.
    >
    > Is there any part of that you don't understand????
    >

    Ah, the Protean meme! :-)

    Best,

    Bill

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