Re: Recursive def. of the meme

From: Joe Dees (joedees@addall.com)
Date: Thu Jan 24 2002 - 06:32:00 GMT

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    > <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
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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.
    >
    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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