Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id GAA01842 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 8 Jan 2002 06:06:10 GMT To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Message-Id: <AA-5A4E9EC3E3481CAF65BA1BEC4D697288-ZZ@homebase1.prodigy.net> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 01:02:08 -0500 From: "Philip Jonkers" <philipjonkers@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: playing at suicide Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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From: "Grant Callaghan" <grantc4@hotmail.com>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: Re: playing at suicide
>Kenneth,
>
>I find the case of the little boy particularly
instructive. My own theory
>on memes is that they are tools used by people to
accomplish certain goals
>This is how they are spread and why they are chosen.
Hi Grant,
It seems that your theory and mine show remarkable
overlapping. I do too believe that memes are adopted
only when deemed valuable or fitness increasing as
I have put it in one of the hypotheses submitted to
this list. Cool... (& welcome to the list?)
Philip.
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