Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA10948 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sun, 25 Nov 2001 19:37:18 GMT Subject: Re: A Question for Wade Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:32:16 -0500 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "Memetics Discussion List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20011125193214.AAA8649@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.94]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Hi Scott Chase -
>What's so special about the "meme" term? Why can't we just use "idea",
>"belief", or "concept" to say the same thing? As Ernst Mayr says of the
>meme:
>
>(bq) "It seems to me that this word is nothing but an unnecessary synonym of
>the term "concept"." (eq)
All of which and thus forced me to reconstruct my own thinking and remove
all farce. The meme is a cultural artifact. Any other usage is erroneous
and multiplicative.
- Wade
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