From: "Jay Hanson" <j@qmail.com>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Is a meme a thing?
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:16:06 -1000
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From: Mark Mills <mmills@fastlane.net>
>So, there it is. Genes are not things, they are conceptual entities we
>use to create meaning from a chaotic sequence of DNA. They only exist in
>the context of cellular processes. Memes are analogous to genes.
Thanks to all for the feedback on my question. I had been thinking of genes
as "things", and couldn't understand how abstractions related to things. By
redefining genes as you suggest, I can bring them together in my mind.
I wonder, would "function" (a description of what it does) be better than
"concept"?
Jay
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