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> RE: the earth revolves around the sunDate: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:45:13 -0500
> "Wade T. Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> "Memetics Discussion List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>
>Hi Joe Dees -
>
>>In fact, vastly differing behaviors can and do indeed encode the same or
>>very similar meanings,
>
>So what?
>
>Meaning(s) are only part of the what is expressed. Why limit the meme to
>just an expression of meaning?
>
Why limit the meme to behavior? And, BTW, what is expressed that is transmitted , received and mutated that posesses no meaning? Memes are irreduceably semantic, or meaning-bearing; if they weren't, their transmission/reception could not occur, since it would bear no content, nor would there be anything that could mutate.
>
>- Wade
>
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