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At 08:40 AM 10/01/02 -0800, you wrote:
>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.
>
I agree Richard
We have to separate the meme from its manifestation. We don't hear
geneticists confusing genes and cells. In my view the thought becomes
contagious because it is memeticly recognised as valid. The thought, or the
article, is not a meme.
Also I worry that memetics is being used to develop a theory of cultural
supremacy.
Jeremy
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