Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990323092947.007df850@rongenet.sk.ca>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:29:47 -0600
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk, "Memetics List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
From: Lloyd Robertson <hawkeye@rongenet.sk.ca>
Subject: RE: information transmission
In-Reply-To: <B0001857535@hamextw01.htcomp.net>
>Your use of terms like 'passes' (the child passes the meme) to describe
>meme population change strongly suggests the 'memes are things'
>perspective, though.
>
>In standard English usage, one 'passes' things. A quarterback passes
>the ball. A lawyer insures the deed passes to the rightful heir.
>Animals pass their food after digestion.
In the same way that light can act like both a wave and a particle, why
cannot a meme act like both a concept and a thing?
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