Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:18:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ken Baskin <bman47@netaxs.com>
To: "INTERNET:memetics@mmu.ac.uk" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Is Memetics Needed? [Was : A Drosophila etc]
In-Reply-To: <199706230634_MC2-1904-9AD1@compuserve.com>
What if the study of idea transmission as memetics is a way to underscore
and reinforce the now-developing "neo-biological" civilization that Kevin
Kelly writes about in "Out of Control"? In this way, the study of memes
would itself be a form of meme transmission.
Just a thought.
Ken Baskin
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