Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id UAA20305 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 23 Jan 2002 20:33:21 GMT Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 18:58:14 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Selfish memes? Message-ID: <20020123185814.A569@ii01.org> References: <20020123003938.A967@ii01.org> <NEBBKOADILIOKGDJLPMAAEBHCKAA.debivort@umd5.umd.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <NEBBKOADILIOKGDJLPMAAEBHCKAA.debivort@umd5.umd.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i From: Robin Faichney <robin@ii01.org> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 09:32:29AM -0500, Lawrence DeBivort wrote:
> Hi, Robin, is there a citation for where this is recorded? This issue always
> comes up when I cite his contributions. Thanks.
> Lawrence
>
> > Dawkins is on record as regreting that title, due to the misunderstanding
> > it has generated. He says that genes are not literally selfish.
Sorry, Lawrence, I've been trying for a while to remember where I saw or
heard that, without success, though I'm very confident he did write or
say it. Perhaps I shouldn't have said "on record" without being able to
provide the citation.
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