Re: Papers critical of memetics

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Sun, 7 Feb 1999 21:20:47 -0800

From: "Tim Rhodes" <proftim@speakeasy.org>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Papers critical of memetics
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 21:20:47 -0800

Bruce Howlett wrote:

>Aaron, Richard and Tim, (in alpha order)
>
>Thanks guys for yet another round of entertaining memetic debate.

You're welcome! There's no reason memetics can't be both informative and
entertaining at the same time.

>Seriously, if it wasn't for your ongoing scraps, this would be a very
>boring list. Have you considered viewing this phenomena from a systems
>perspective?

Yes. (Believe me, my actual opinions are seldom as extreme as I might
portray them in public.)

-Tim R.

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