Message-Id: <199904100301.XAA24241@smtp4.mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 23:15:24 -0400
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
From: bbenzon@mindspring.com (Bill Benzon)
Subject: Re: The Extended Memeotype
At 5:54 PM 4/9/99 -0400, Reed Konsler wrote:
>
>I want us to have one word which explains everything from
>what goes on in brains to what goes on in e-mail chain letters.
>The word I use in my own mind is: Meme. That simplicity
>is attractive, where a taxonomy is not.
>
And I'd like one word that explains everything. How about "shazaam!" or
maybe "alikaboom" or "razzmatazz" or even
"supercaliphragalisticexpialadocious". But I don't think I'm gonna' get
it.
Come on Reed, this sounds like you're imposing very stringent a priori
conditions on the study of the human mind.
William L. Benzon 201.217.1010
708 Jersey Ave. Apt. 2A bbenzon@mindspring.com
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