Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 13:14:25 -0500 (CDT)
Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970929121932.25ff1c64@pop.ou.edu>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
From: John Konopak <jkonopak@ou.edu>
Subject: Re: Machiavellian Memes
At 10:03 PM 9/28/97 -0700, the repetitively moving fingers writ:
>On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Ton Maas wrote:
>
>> As I have argued earlier, this is precisely one of the most fundamental
>> shortcomings of the meme/gene analogy. In terms of
>> spreading/multiplying/mutation the analogy works fine, but the extremely
>> stringent conservation mechanisms which govern genetic reproduction, are
>> notably absent in the realm of memes.
>
>Isn't the number of "host minds" limited? And the number of memes that
>can effectively occupy a single mind likewise a limited resource?
>
>-Tim Rhodes
No offense, fellas, but am I alone among this host to wonder if this sort of
speculation doesn't come close to arguing about--or rather (and somewhat
more eerily), rationally and dispassionately debating--the number and
especially the material dispositions and support requirements of angels
which can disport on the head of a pin?
John Konopak, EDUC/ILAC, 820 VanVleet Oval, U.of OK.Norman,OK73019
E-mail: jkonopak@ou.edu; Fax: 4053254061; phone:4053251498
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