Re: Selfish meme?

From: Wade Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 24 2002 - 18:35:03 GMT

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    On Thursday, January 24, 2002, at 10:13 , Grant Callaghan wrote:

    > A word means whatever you use it to mean.

    `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful
    tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more
    nor less.'

    `The question is,' said Alice, `whether you can make words mean
    so many different things.'

    `The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, `which is to be master --
    that's all.'

    - Wade

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