Re: implied or inferred memes

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 11:56:31 -0700

From: "Tim Rhodes" <proftim@speakeasy.org>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: implied or inferred memes
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 11:56:31 -0700

Bill wrote:

>Jake:
>
>As Blackmore would say it, we have to demonstrate that memes are not
>effectively on a "genetic leash."
>
>Bill:
>
>No comprende, sennor. Isn't everything cultural on a genetic leash?

Sometimes genes just set the size of the "run", without the dog pulling
anyone but himself around inside it.

-Tim

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