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From: Robert Tacker <Cozmic67@galaxy-7.net>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 13:43:41 +0000
Subject: Re: Insidious SPAMetic Meme Enclosed
I too take offense to being sold to on a supposedly private list.
Perhaps there is some way to filter out this kind of stuff?
Robert
> Hello,
> If you will take a look at the bottom of the attached you will see that
> someone has snuck some commercial trash into your mailing. One of the
> main reasons I use moderated and subscription groups is to get away from
> this sort of loathsome drivel. I hope that you will be able to fend off
> further such incidents..
>
> Regards,
>
> Ken McE
>
>
>
>
> fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk wrote:
> >
> > Memetics Digest Wednesday, 25 June 1997 Volume 01 : Number 030
> >
> > Managed in association with the
> > Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission
> > at URL: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
> >
> > In this issue:
> >
> > Re: Is memetics needed. Was: A Drosophila for cultural evolution
> > Re: Being a Human Being, Memetics and Complexity Science
> > Re: The origin of culture, memetics and science. Was: Is memetics needed. Was: A Drosophila for cultural evolution
> > 4 Free Chances to Upgrade Your Computer
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> >
> > From: Mark Mills <mmmills@OnRamp.NET>
> > Date: Wed, 25 Jun 97 01:16:42 -0000
> > Subject: Re: Is memetics needed. Was: A Drosophila for cultural evolution
> >
> > >I'd say memetics starts where spoken language starts
> > >and that science starts very soon after written - printed
> > >language starts. As simple as that..
> >
> > Interesting..
> >
> > I'd say memetics starts with simple multicellular organisms exhibiting
> > neurological activity, hundreds of millions of years ago..
> >
> > Mark
> >
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> >
> > From: Mario Vaneechoutte <Mario.Vaneechoutte@rug.ac.be>
> > Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 08:23:30 -0700
> > Subject: Re: Being a Human Being, Memetics and Complexity Science
> >
> > ===============================================================
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> >
> > From: Mario Vaneechoutte <Mario.Vaneechoutte@rug.ac.be>
> > Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:01:18 -0700
> > Subject: Re: The origin of culture, memetics and science. Was: Is memetics needed. Was: A Drosophila for cultural evolution
> >
> > Mark Mills wrote:
> >
> > Mario:
> > > >I'd say memetics starts where spoken language starts
> > > >and that science starts very soon after written - printed
> > > >language starts. As simple as that..
> >
> > > Interesting..
> > >
> > > I'd say memetics starts with simple multicellular organisms exhibiting
> > > neurological activity, hundreds of millions of years ago..
> >
> > Well, of course it is a matter of terminology. I'd say that the origin
> > of culture is that far back. And that human culture is that kind of
> > culture you get when also words come in, and as such coincides with the
> > area of memetics. So, I basically would not consider all kinds of habits
> > (like how you wear your clothes) which spread because of mimicking
> > behaviour as memetic. Animals do that as well, think of bird song
> > culture..
> > I would define culture in general as the possibility of multicellular
> > colonies to influence each others' behaviour by means of nonchemically
> > transmitted information. Human culture than adds the possibility to
> > influence other peoples' behaviour by means of words. Words can be
> > considered as encoded information which needs decoding before it takes
> > effect (gets meaning), unlike the perception of behaviour of others
> > which has a direct effect on how you behave (e.g. a cry warning for
> > danger has immediate effect, the perception of an attractive potential
> > sex partner has immediate effect,...)..
> >
> > The directness of environmental stimuli other than words may be obscured
> > since words come in quickly and interfere. We are biased by word usage..
> >
> > Mario
> >
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