Re: Do all memes die out or evolve? I think not.

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    On 18 Jan 2002, at 23:20, Joe Dees wrote:

    > Nope. It's the same meme, communicated via the same symbolic
    > system (the english language) but via two different sensory
    >modes (auditory and visual).

    So what gets communicated, a meme? So the meme is in the
    brain? No, the idea/concept is in the brain. The tool for transmitting
    this structure is the meme. So the two memes are two memes.
    Two different ways of transmitting an idea.

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