Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id PAA02389 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 4 Dec 2001 15:12:55 GMT Message-ID: <B5EDC67328A3D311B0F70006293884CA0391957F@electra.shu.ac.uk> From: "Price, Ilfryn" <I.Price@shu.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Wilkins on the meme:engram relation Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 14:17:00 -0000 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Joe depends what you mean by 'healthy'
>
And that would be us. I sincerely doubt, however, that the term is anywhere near archaism; in fact, the 'meme' meme seems to be rather
robust, which naturally raises the recursive question of how there can be such a healthy 'meme' meme in the absence of memes simpliciter.>
Fidelity of meaning is not a necessary precursor to replication in the context of this list, unlike say the 'quark' meme replicating in the
world of high physics.
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