Message-Id: <199709300254.VAA00159@dns.night.net>
Subject: Re: Machiavellian Memes
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 97 21:53:21 -0000
From: Mark Mills <mmmills@onramp.net>
To: memetics list <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
>>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
>
>[are we] arguing about--...the number and... material dispositions and
>support requirements of angels.. on the head of a pin?
Ah, the homunculi trap sticks its head up, again.
I don't think Tim's bandwidth comments reflect it, but I suspect the
'angels and pinhead' trap is a common problem here. Homunculi are so
convenient and tempting, we love to use them.
Mark
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