From: "Tim Rhodes" <proftim@speakeasy.org>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Replicating in and out of minds
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 15:40:42 -0700
Richard Brodie wrote:
>For the sake of clarity, let's keep the word "meme" reserved for
replicators
>in the mind. For other cultural replicators, let's use a different term.
>Mind virus, memeplex, cultureme...
So we don't need to have discussions about _how_ different memes replicate,
because memes are by definition replicators "in the mind"? Is that really a
useful distinction to make, Richard? What have we gained by it?
-Tim Rhodes
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