Re: Knowledge, Memes and Sensory Perception

From: Wade T. Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 18 2002 - 18:38:09 GMT

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    Hi Grant Callaghan -

    >The reasons we come up with are
    >usually arrived at after the fact and are more likely to be attempts at
    >justification than valid observations.

    And what about the memes involved, if any are involved at all?

    After the fact as well?

    Attempts at justifications?

    If we call behaviors, and only behaviors, capable of memetic content, we
    can then have only valid observations.

    - Wade

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