RE: On Gatherer's behaviourist stance

Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:03:54 -0700

From: "Richard Brodie" <richard@brodietech.com>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: On Gatherer's behaviourist stance
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:03:54 -0700

Mario wrote:

<<The community of memeticists does not seem to agree about what
should be called a meme.Saying, like Paul, 'Never mind, and let me do
applied memetics now' doesn't
work. It is like chemists doing chemistry without agreement on what an atom
is.>>

It's like the Wright Brothers doing heavier-than-air flight without
agreement on the science of aeronautics.

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