Subject: Re: memes and dancing
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 08:53:57 -0500
From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
>Is the urge to dance and dancing itself the result of
>meme(s)?
I've always viewed, and seen some evidence, that dancing and music are a
form of language, perhaps prototypical, so if you lump memes in with
language, as is the wont of a few, well, maybe- but- look at your
question, please....
You have used 'urge' and 'result'. Not exactly a scientific question,
and, in the absence of clear mechanisms, almost useless.
Infants will sway to a beat. Looks more like a developmental and genetic
structure to this white boy.
- Wade
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