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In a message dated 12/2/2001 8:21:25 PM Central Standard Time, John S Wilkins
<wilkins@wehi.edu.au> writes:
> The Kingdom of heaven is at hand. I agree with Aaron without
> reservation :-)
>
> The whole neologism of meme is exactly what Aaron says - a distraction.
> I would rather we referred to this whole thing as cultural Darwinism (I
> would have said cultural evolution, but that has too many connotations
> from the turn of the 20th century), which - if one has read one's
> Ewald - includes epidemiological models.
>
> Aaron, I promise at some unspecified future time to read your essay in
> detail. Possibly after the PhD thesis is in.
> --
> John S Wilkins
> PhD candidate, species concepts
> History and Philosophy of Science, jointly with Botany
> The University of Melbourne, Australia
> http://www.users.bigpond.com/thewilkins/darwiniana.html
>
Hi John.
A glorious day indeed! :-)
May we proceed undistracted.
--Aaron Lynch
http://www.thoughtcontagion.com
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