Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id HAA19590 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 6 Feb 2002 07:42:19 GMT Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 23:36:33 -0800 Message-Id: <200202060736.g167aXY16057@mail3.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: [66.156.194.113] From: "Joe Dees" <joedees@addall.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: ply to Grant Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is)
>Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 20:48:30 +1100
> memetics@mmu.ac.uk Jeremy Bradley <jeremyb@nor.com.au> Re: ply to GrantReply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>
>At 05:10 PM 4/02/02 -0800, joe wrote:
>Snip..........
>>>
>>This depends upon how you define culture; if I mention the Sicilian
>defence, very few nonchessplayers will understand to what the term refers.
>But if we go this way, we end up with the circular and useless definition
>that a meme is shared by all members of a culture and a culture is a group
>that shares at least one meme.
>Snip........
>>
>Well Joe
>There are many definitions of 'culture'. Mine is, any group of entities
>(chess players or football fans - go Patriots - for example) who share
>common aims ideals activities. In my memetic ontology memes are simply the
>coded information which enables the culture to continue.
>Jeremy
>
As another poster made clear, undestanding and agreeing are not identical categories.
>
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