RE: A Question for Wade

From: Vincent Campbell (v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2001 - 14:17:31 GMT

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From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
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meme sounds nicer.

<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)
>
> See:
> http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/94/6/2091
>
> Mayr E. 1997. The objects of selection. PNAS (94): 2091-4>
>
Vincent

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