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Dear Derek,
> And what about the converse, where the text was virtually identical but
> subtle changes alter the entire complexion of the narrative?
When I was in school I wrote a short story with identical beginning and
ending paragraphs. Of course, the point was that the story changed the
meaning. :-)
Recently I have been talking about the problems of the meme-in-brain. I
think that the main problem for external memes lies in the question of
meaning.
Best regards,
Bill
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