Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id XAA09321 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 7 Dec 2001 23:34:12 GMT Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20011207180118.00a2c990@mail.clarityconnect.com> X-Sender: rrecchia@mail.clarityconnect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 18:28:06 -0500 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk From: Ray Recchia <rrecchia@mail.clarityconnect.com> Subject: Re: Darwinian Processes and Memes in Architecture Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Hello salice@gmx.net,
You wrote:
>Furtheron, i feel kind of annoyed by people using memetics theory for
>expressing
>their personal tastes and giving pseudo-evidence to prove that their
>taste is universal true for everyone. Where's the science in there?
>
>--
>GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet.
>http://www.gmx.net
I agree.
I think it is a real problem that we need to look at. As another example I
really liked the historical background given in Agner Fog's book 'Cultural
Selection' (much of which can be found online at www.agner.org/cultset/)
but I think his cultural r/K theory is way too oversimplified and full of
subjective classifications. I think there should be a broader discussion
of this. If this field is ever to be taken seriously we need to be careful
not to overreach, and I am not certain what we can do to keep the reins in.
Ray Recchia
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