Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 08:49:33 +0100
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: i-memes and m-memes
In-Reply-To: <000801bef404$1bf15580$fdb606d1@sbosmr.ma.cable.rcn.com>
In message <000801bef404$1bf15580$fdb606d1@sbosmr.ma.cable.rcn.com>,
Aaron Agassi <agassi@erols.com> writes
>> In message <000601bef3e1$cc8f7f20$fdb606d1@sbosmr.ma.cable.rcn.com>,
>> Aaron Agassi <agassi@erols.com> writes
>> >My point is, that aerodynamics analyzes grand pianos and TV sets
>> just as it
>> >does seagulls and biplanes. Likewise, Memetics can embrace all things.
>>
>> I don't agree. No dust particle replicates, whether it is unseen or has
>> a prime time TV show. No physical things replicate, only items of
>> encoded information. Don't confuse the map with the territory.
>Memetic replication is the replication of maps (or simulations). Must it
>only be the replication of maps only from pre-existing maps?
Yes, because if something gives rise to a different kind of thing,
that's not replication. The dust particle causes no more dust
particles: it does not replicate. The idea can cause more ideas: it
does replicate.
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