Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id AAA11525 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 12 Feb 2002 00:06:10 GMT Subject: Re: Memes Meta-Memes and Politics 1 of 3 (1988, updates 2002) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 19:00:50 -0500 x-sender: wsmith1@camail.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "Memetics Discussion List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-Id: <20020212000034.924B31FD48@camail.harvard.edu> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Hi AaronLynch@aol.com -
>I take it that giving Dawkins credit for popularizing is not meant to
>detract from Cloak, Hamilton, Trivers, etc. either.
Popularizers are very necessary- otherwise, I doubt laymen like myself
would ever get a taste of these things, and, ahem, I _don't_ think that's
a bad thing, such popularization. It only makes the sincerely curious dig
deeper.
Personally, I'm enchanted by Dawkin's wonderfully violent anti-religious
stance (although, Vincent?, didn't the whole faith-school thing in
England actually get through?), but, perhaps, that might be working
against him in some quarters.
The Selfish Gene was introduced to me by an english major back in my
undergrad days, who insisted that I read it, way back in its first
appearance. I don't know how he got a hold of it. I passed my copy of
Jaynes in return to him.... I recall the dawn-discovering discussions to
this day. Well, I don't recall them, but I recall having them....
- Wade
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