Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 18:45:19 -0700
From: Marie Foster <mfos@ieway.com>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Adaptationism
LOL!
opps... sorry... but this is damned funny
Marie
Robert G. Grimes wrote:
> Ahem, Ahem, uh, careful there Aaron.... Older men marry younger women because
> the women are dazzled by the older gentleman's charm and physical prowness and
> his income has absolutely nothing to do with it (now repeat those words after
> me, Older men marry......)
>
> Cordially,
>
> Bob :>)
>
> Aaron Lynch wrote:
>
> > Snip
> > Certain kinds of adaptationist story telling actually do exhibit selection
> > advantages from the *memetic* (not genetic) point of view. For instance,
> > men of higher than average income or social status may have a special
> > receptivity to the idea that female partner wealth preferences are innate.
> > The rich 50 year old man with a 25 year old wife, for instance, will feel
> > better thinking that his wife's attraction to him is every bit as
> > biological as his attraction to her. He may also have amorous motives for
> > retransmitting this meme to his wife and his acquaintances, hoping again
> > that everyone will see the relationship as "true love."
>
> > Snip
>
> --
> Bob Grimes
>
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>
> Man is not in control, but the man who knows he is not in control is more in
> control...
>
> Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore....."
>
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