From: "Aaron Agassi" <agassi@erols.com>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: Web message board on cultural selection theory
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 15:25:38 -0400
In-Reply-To: <Bbfh30SlS7hC092yn@login.dknet.dk>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
> Of Agner Fog
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 9:19 AM
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: Web message board on cultural selection theory
>
>
> "Aaron Agassi" <agassi@erols.com> wrote:
> >> The cultural selection message board is intended as a forum for
> >> discussing
> >> cultural selection with the main focus on selective forces and
> mechanisms
> >> rather than on information units (we already have the memetics
> >> mailing list and
> >> the alt.memetics newsgroup for the latter).
> >>
> >> Possible discussion topics include:
> >>
> >> * intelligent versus unconscious or unintended selection mechanisms
> >Do knee jerk responses fit into this category?
> No selection and no memes.
Knee jerk response has nothing to do with personal memetic selection?!
>
> >> * cultural factors that influence artistic taste and music genres
> >Is this pertinent or useful for our Applied Memetics challenge?
> Yes, pieces of art, music, and genres are memes.
How, then, is it applicable to the current Aplied Mimetic challenge?
>
> >> * cultural effects of economic competition
> >And, cultural effects of sexual competition.
> There are many models of _biological_ effects of sexual
> competition, but I have
> never thought of cultural effects. Well, fashion, makeup, bodybuilding,
> expensive cars are obvious candidates.
As is evil gossip and dysfunctional sex role.
>
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