Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA00576 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 8 Feb 2002 19:44:47 GMT Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 14:38:46 -0500 Subject: Re: Words and memes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Wade Smith <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <1198930783-5839452@smtp.clarityconnect.com> Message-Id: <77746003-1CCB-11D6-9398-003065A0F24C@harvard.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Friday, February 8, 2002, at 01:10 ,
<rrecchia@mail.clarityconnect.com> wrote:
>>> I don't have a problem with people voicing their political or
>> religious
>>> views. I do have a problem with using memetics to justify them.
>>
>> Is memetics a valid justification for anything?
>>
>> - Wade
>>
>
> Is this more of your 'I am really not convinced that memetics is useful
> for anything even though I post to this list more than anyone except
> Vince who share my views' stance? It is a nice fallback
> position but it
> is a bit like a straight guy telling a homosexual what good gay sex
> should be like.
I didn't say 'useful for anything', I said, 'justification for
anything' - taking up your problem (which I share) of views
being justified (as if that were possible) by memetics.
I don't try to fallback into any position, even into safe positions....
- Wade
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