Re: when is a meme selfish?

Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:33:26 +0100

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:33:26 +0100
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: when is a meme selfish?
In-Reply-To: <NBBBIIDKHCMGAIPMFFPJEEOPDIAA.richard@brodietech.com>

In message <NBBBIIDKHCMGAIPMFFPJEEOPDIAA.richard@brodietech.com>,
Richard Brodie <richard@brodietech.com> writes
>Robin,
>
><<Any and every anthropomorphism is an example of the intentional stance,
>but I don't think that it clarifies matters to drag that in here.>>
>
>If you don't think dragging in the intentional stance helps when discussing
>what Dawkins meant by "selfish," I'm extremely skeptical of your
>understanding of his work and I really don't know where to proceed.

Well, neither do I, so let's drop it, OK?

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