Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970622133211.006c11cc@popmail.mcs.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 13:32:11 -0500
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
From: Aaron Lynch <aaron@mcs.net>
Subject: Re: A Drosophila for cultural evolution
In-Reply-To: <19970622180455.AAA7470@remote173.channel1.com>
>>What can serve as a Drosophila for the study of cultural evolution?
>
>Umm... Masturbation studies?
I wouldn't get too worried that the field will turn into "memetic
masturbation." The word leaps out of the screan at you, and gets people
talking about specifics. But the NHSLS data can also be re-analyzed to look
for reproduction correlations of other sexual behaviors and taboos. And
extensive longitudinal propagation data exist for Mormonism, a religious
meme set.
----Aaron Lynch
THOUGHT CONTAGION: How Belief Spreads Through Society The New Science of Memes Basic Books. Info and free sample: http://www.mcs.net/~aaron/thoughtcontagion.html
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