Re: Words and Memes

From: Grant Callaghan (grantc4@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 13 2002 - 14:51:05 GMT

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    Why are memes any
    > > different?
    >
    >Genes have a well-defined boundary. They can't be equated with any old
    >thing. They're not "everywhere" in the figurative sense.
    >
    >Ted
    >
    >
    Not true. Biologists are still arguing about what constitutes a gene and
    genes commonly refer to every feature of every plant and animal on earth.
    Some writers say that proteins have as much influence on how features are
    expressed as DNA does. Many features are expressed through the actions of
    more than one gene and the times when they are turned on or off. There
    seems to me to be almost as much confusion in the literature defining genes
    as there is in our effort to define memes. Biologists seem to be having
    trouble deciding where to draw the line, too. Maybe the line isn't
    important. But since there is a morpheme in language, it seems to me there
    should be some similar smallest unit that defines the rest of life's memes.

    Grant

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