Message-Id: <199707250638.BAA11179@mailhost.onramp.net>
Subject: Re: Meme vs. meme-vehicle
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 97 01:39:49 -0000
From: Mark Mills <mmmills@OnRamp.NET>
To: memetics list <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
>I would still include the code within the brain as part of the phenotype
>which the meme creates for its own ends,
Why continue thinking of memes as ghosts with life cycles?
Maybe this poem will help :)
Genes in nuclei
stabilize behavior in and of a cell,
producing proteins
which eventually produce an organized set of cells
which we call a body (gene vehicle/interactor)
Memes in brains
stabilize behavior in and of a body,
producing artifacts
which eventually produce an organized set of bodies
which we call a culture (meme vehicle/interactor)
Mark
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