Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 12:50:13 -0400
From: Dr I Price <PEWLEYFORT@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Meme vs. meme-vehicle
To: "INTERNET:memetics@mmu.ac.uk" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Mark =
If =
>The gene is the =
'code.' The protein allows one to decode the DNA sequence.
I am using this 'system' as a basis and starting point for memetics. =
The substrate is the neural network of the brain. The code is a set of =
proteins set into the synapses to 'weight' electro-chemical waves =
crossing the neural network created by billions of these synapse =
connections. =
Much erudite text snipped here
I have not yet mentioned gene-vehicles, nor meme-vehicles. If there is a =
meme-vehicle, I'd say it was the sperm and egg. Carried within the DNA =
code and embryology (form factors) of these life states, there are the =
process that plant the inherent 'initial' memetic structure each =
individual receives.
Based on the above, would you still call the code within the brain as =
'meme-vehicle'?
Mark<
I would not restrict the gene vehicle to the sprem and egg which are the
start point of the life cycle of the gene vehicle [at least if one accept=
s
Dawkins logic from the Extended Phenotype which I find convincing].
I would still include the code within the brain as part of the phenotype=
which the meme creates for its own ends, [its own replication]. As you sa=
y
it is part of the protein structure the replicator creates. But then
perhaps I am too parasitised by the replicator meme.
Many thanks for your post. It is a 'keeper'
If
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