Re: Sensory and sensibility

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Sat Feb 02 2002 - 22:27:02 GMT

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    On Monday, January 21, 2002, at 09:40 , Keith Henson wrote:

    > PS. Memes can be *conditionally* true. A meme of "it is safer to
    > drive on the left side of the road" is a true meme only in places where
    > others are doing the same. :-)

    If memes are the atomic units of culture, then, all memes can only be
    conditionally true, since all cultures are only places where others are
    doing the same.

    Any coincidence between memes and facts is accidental.

    ;-)

    - Wade

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