Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA08532 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 10 Jan 2002 19:35:32 GMT X-Originating-IP: [199.183.183.206] From: "Grant Callaghan" <grantc4@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: RE: Knowledge, Memes and Sensory Perception Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:31:04 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <LAW2-F97H67yRLVbNDN0000118d@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Jan 2002 19:31:04.0851 (UTC) FILETIME=[5839A630:01C19A0D] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>What if I never have children. Are the stands of DNA in my cells not genes?
>
>You have simply identified a phenomenon that is not very interesting in
>explaining cultural evolution.
>
Not interesting to whom?
Yes, your DNA contains genes -- but what's your point?
Are you asserting that memes have to be transmitted but where and how they
originate is not important? Bilogists thought it was important to
understand where genes came from and how they were created and I think
knowing how memes are created is equally important. To me it's the
foundation of whatever science results from the study of memes.
Grant
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