Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id GAA15580 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 22 Jan 2002 06:11:59 GMT X-Sender: unicorn@pop.greenepa.net Message-Id: <p04320400b872b1574976@[192.168.2.3]> In-Reply-To: <200201220349.g0M3nxE27665@mail9.bigmailbox.com> References: <200201220349.g0M3nxE27665@mail9.bigmailbox.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 01:08:08 -0500 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk From: "Francesca S. Alcorn" <unicorn@greenepa.net> Subject: Three Scientists and Their Gods Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
I have been thinking about Aaron's idea that we should dispose of the
word meme, and call them replicators. Then we could look at the
process of replication, and how ubiquitous it is. So I dug out my
copy of Three Scientists and Their Gods, which IIRC, Ed Fredkin is
talking about information theory and the whole universe is a
computer. It strikes me that in his own way he is looking at a sort
of Grand Unifying Theory of replication of information. I am going
to go back and read it again, and wondered if anyone else has read it
too, what your thoughts were.
frankie
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