Message-Id: <s3981f9c.060@wpg.uwe.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 14:32:03 +0000
From: N Rose <NJ-ROSE@wpg.uwe.ac.uk>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: RE: Lamarckism in memetics
Chris wrote:
>I agree with those who call for clear definition of categories.
I concur, but I fear that (given the confusion evident so far) we
may first have to develop a common language base!
>I suspect that memetic evolution will appear Lamarckian if the
>memotype and pheNotype are confused, if an enormous memome is
>treated as a single meme, if mutation and recombination of memes
>is confused with the acquisition of new characteristics in a
>phenotype, and if selection of memes in populations is confused
>with "directed" mutation.
What is 'directed' mutation?
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