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At 01:12 PM 28/01/02 -0800, "Grant Callaghan" <grantc4@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>> > From: Grant Callaghan [mailto:grantc4@hotmail.com]
>>SNIP
>> > I'm rapidly approaching the conclusion that no two people can
>> > agree on what
>> > the term "meme" refers to.
>>
>>Which helps the 'meme' replicate. I understand there is research in press
>>(Wheeler) which identifies 9 different communities of scientists
>>using variations in their interpretatation of 'gene'. Signifiers get
>>replicated but do not have to show fidelity of 'signified' (as I have
>>asserted before)
>>
>>If
>I've heard that the "gene" concept has several problems that obscure a
>clear picture of what a gene is. For one thing, genes are not expressed
>until they are used and how they are used can change what they are used for.
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