Re: Recursive def. of the meme

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On 22 Jan 2002, at 20:53, Joe Dees wrote:

> Nope. Genes are obviously copiable; it happens every day.
> They are also obviously not memes.

Not so obvious i'd say. With genetic development at hand, genetic
information becomes valuable, copyable by humans, and part of a
small set of cultural environment.

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