Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id SAA02972 (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 18:15:24 GMT Message-ID: <000e01c19870$bb47f9a0$9fa4bed4@default> From: "Kenneth Van Oost" <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be> To: "memetics" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: Fw: playing at suicide Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:16:01 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Grant Callaghan <grantc4@hotmail.com>
> > I feel sorry for the
> > > children who followed their instincts to their deaths, but I don't
> really
> > > see any deep psychological underpinning for it. To me it looks a lot
> like
> > > what happens when a child dashes in front of a car or falls into a
> > swimming
> > > pool and drowns -- an unfortunate accident. We can't child-proof the
> > world
> > > to avoid them.
> >
> > Hi Grant,
> >
> > I feel sorry too ! My understanding of the facts are quite the same
except
> > for not seeing any deep psychological underpinning for it.
> > I stand convinced of the fact that in many cultures children were not to
> be
> > harmed, more for moral and ethical reasons than for the being of the kid
> > itself. In a sense we, the eldery/ the parents always discharge children
> > from
> > any responsibility. We are trying to make the world child- proof in a
very
> > extreme way...
> > It is my view that ( Lamarckian) memetic inheritance, that is,
inheritance
> > of thoughts, insights, opinions,... are part of the puzzle !
> > It all boils down to the point that the concept of natural selection is
> just
> > another favorable mutation in extremis chosen by a particular memetic
> > mindset.
> >
> > Moreover, there is nothing wrong with the view that even certain or par-
> > ticular behavioral traits of which we think they are promoted by natural
> > selection are in fact already ' chosen mutations '. Investigators would
> see
> > those as outcomes of a Darwinian natural selection process where in fact
> > a Lamarckian one holds the key.
> > It is my suggestion that memecomplexes/ brainstructures may have
> > mechanisms fo choosing which memes suits best.
> >
> > Thanks for the link,
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Kenneth
> >
>
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