Re: Memetic as an Adjective

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 06 2002 - 23:15:38 GMT

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    Hi Joe Dees -

    >why not use the term 'memetic' as an adjective, to indicate the quality of
    >replicability of an idea, a behavior, a message or an artifact?

    >There are probably as many problems as there are solutions with this
    >approach; I merely toss it out there to be mulled over for strengths and
    >weaknesses.

    It's an approach I've actually been using regularly recently. (Does that
    mean I like it, or that it's merely useful, or, well, sort of fits with
    the behavior-only stance, or, well redux, is a bit of a laze about...?
    Only time may tell.)

    - Wade

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