Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 10:51:17 +0200
From: "Gatherer, D. (Derek)" <D.Gatherer@organon.nhe.akzonobel.nl>
Subject: RE: i-memes and m-memes
To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Derek:
But to return to the irony-free issue,
> the question
> is "what replicates?" To state that everything is a potential replicator
Aaron:
No, replicatee. It can be memetically replicated by an observer. There are
no memetic self replicators.
Derek:
Well, that is a separate issue. I know some memeticists prefer
'replicandum' or some other usage to 'replicator'. I don't.
[concerning what are replicators] We want to know what is actually the case,
Aaron:
I'm telling you what is actually the case.
Derek:
No, all you have said is that everything is a meme, which is not true.
Aaron:
Not potential, but prospective.
Derek:
So what's the difference? I want to know: what is the replicator in
cultural evolution? Is it a brain entity (Dawkins B) or is it a rougher
notion of cultural artefact/behaviour etc (Dawkins A). Tell me what is the
case.
===============================================================
This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the
Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission
For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing)
see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit