Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id KAA06580 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:32:03 GMT X-Originating-IP: [194.117.133.84] From: "Steve Drew" <srdrew_1@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: neccesity of mental memes Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:27:47 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F151PYdWSkebTRTxOtY000136ea@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Jan 2002 10:27:47.0771 (UTC) FILETIME=[98B338B0:01C1A8AF] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
<Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 00:30:17 -0800
From: "Joe Dees" <joedees@addall.com>
Subject: Re: neccesity of mental memes
A universal meansurement of length could be, say, multiples of an
primary particle's (say a proton's, neutron's or electron's) radius. It
would certainly not be either anthropomorphic, arbitrary (since it is a
building block of the universe) or changeable>
It would be universal but it would still be arbitray in the sense that we
assign the value in the first place. I could say that the radius of a proton
is 'one metre' (say) and base every other measurement on that. How is that
any different to choosing a standard metal rod as the unit.
Steve
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