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> Derek:
> On the contrary, the Ba game only flourishes in one tiny
> town, Kirkwall, on an island 2 hours away from the nearest
> land, northern Scotland, which is also virtually deserted for
> about 150 miles further south until one eventually arrives at
> Aberdeen (and then it's another 150 miles to Edinburgh).
If
Which would qualify as an exotic mutation in a peripheral memetic isolate (c.f. Price, 1995), one that for reasons argued earlier in the
thread might find it difficult to penetrate other niches locked in to different ball games.
Which I agree has nothing to do with the main argument you were making concerning falisifiable or otherwise hypotheses where I second your
analysis.
If Price
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