Re: Definition, Please

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2001 - 14:05:18 GMT

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    On 11/26/01 23:09, Joe Dees said this-

    >My view is option #2; that memes possess a lifecycle that includes both
    >internal and external components (L-meme + G-meme); they mutate, or not
    >(are stored) mainly within people - and in things like books and
    >databases, which are external memory and copmmunication aids, are
    >propagated between people and are selected for or against within other
    >people.

    Kind of like an insect's metamorphosis, then, lying in pupal stage in the
    mind after being deposited there by the adult, and, somehow, emerging
    into a behavior.

    Not viruses of the mind, but maggots.

    - Wade

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