Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id BAA27591 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 26 Jan 2002 01:15:48 GMT Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:11:25 -0800 Message-Id: <200201260111.g0Q1BPS23992@mail15.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: [65.80.160.204] From: "Joe Dees" <joedees@addall.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: sex and the single 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: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 12:57:16 +0100
> Re: sex and the single memeReply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>
>On 24 Jan 2002, at 22:02, Scott Chase wrote:
>
>> I'm not saying selection would be totally unimportant, but one's view should
>> be tempered with the acknowledgement that other mechanisms could come into
>> play.
>
>I can't see how memetics should be independent from our
>selection. How come memes relate to our thinking process if they
>are so independent from us? They could be ANYTHING! They don't
>have to rely on the world around us, but they do! And that's
>because we select them cause we live in this world and try to
>survive in it!
>
>To think that memetic/cultural development is independent from the
>individuals/group choice is useless in my eyes. What else would
>define which memes survive and which not without us?
>
>Please name and specify these mysterious mechanisms which
>happen outside our brains.
>
Environment and genetic predisposition, for two, although they both find their way inside.
>
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