Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id IAA16106 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 5 Feb 2002 08:20:08 GMT Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 21:01:16 -0800 Message-Id: <200202050501.g1551GZ17574@mail9.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: [66.156.195.136] From: "Joe Dees" <joedees@addall.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Words and memes Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is)
>Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:27:56 -0500
> Re: Words and memes "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> memetics@mmu.ac.ukReply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>
>On Monday, February 4, 2002, at 07:58 , Keith Henson wrote:
>
>> I suppose you could call the act of writing down a meme an act of
>> replicating.
>
> From the behavioral-only stance, the writing _is_ the meme, encoding the
>idea in an artefact. But, yes, unless it is read, and then written or
>acted upon by another, it remains at a potentialized state.
>
>(And I say potentialized because I don't think the behavior-only stance
>allows a 'potential meme', in any way, shape, or form.)
>
And that is a major flaw with behavior-only; it cannot acknowledge the latent and potential memetic efficacy of communication-designed artifacts, such as books, any more than it can acknowledge same in an idea one is considering/working on. Sorry, but when the tree falls, maybe no one hears the noise, but sound waves are produced; all you have to do to verify same is to manage to place a tape recorder by a soon-to-fall tree, rigged to begin taping when changes are registered in a mercury balance switch (and to perhaps transmit you a signal that the event has occurred), and vacate the auditory premises, to return later for a listen.
>
>- Wade
>
>
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