From: BMSDGATH <BMSDGATH@livjm.ac.uk>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: Re: The race is on
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 08:53:16 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 18 Sep 1998 11:34:16 -0500 Aaron Lynch <aaron@mcs.net> wrote:
>
At 09:50 AM 9/18/98 -0400, BMSDGATH wrote:
>
> Derek has merely left off the URL of the 'meme lab' web
> page.
> It is http://www.memes.org.uk/meme-lab/WELCOME.HTM
I have the honour to be an associate member.
Re: the term 'mentalists'
> The term does not apply
> to one who merely asserts the existence of neurally stored information
> (replicated or otherwise).
I shall have to find another name for you then.
> Name calling aside, it is nice to see that your work is not, in fact,
> "retarded" by the emergence of thought contagion theory.
No, you're right it hasn't been - but the reason it hasn't is that
instead of a 'thought contagion' theoretical basis, I opt for one
which is:
a) simpler
b) a more consistent reflection of reality
That is the essence of my position (it's not _my_ position of course,
because plenty of others take it too, and before me) and I think also
the source of its fruitfulness.
Derek
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