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On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 04:38:33PM +1100, Jeremy Bradley wrote:
> 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.
Hi Jeremy, you might be interested in my argument that memes should be
considered *encoded* in brains, behaviour and artefacts. This is on
the web here: http://www.ii01.org/culture.html
> Also I worry that memetics is being used to develop a theory of cultural
> supremacy.
That would be worrying, but I see no evidence for it.
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