Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id GAA21752 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 24 Jan 2002 06:36:21 GMT Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 22:32:00 -0800 Message-Id: <200201240632.g0O6W0G22149@mail23.bigmailbox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary X-Mailer: MIME-tools 4.104 (Entity 4.116) X-Originating-Ip: [65.80.161.183] From: "Joe Dees" <joedees@addall.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Recursive def. of the meme Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is)
> <salice@gmx.net> memetics@mmu.ac.ukDate: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:20:26 +0100
> Re: Recursive def. of the memeReply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>
>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.
>
Okay, a lot of genes (possessed by organisms we have yet to genetically manipulate, such as those belonging to the coelacanth) are not memes.
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