Re: MD A bit of reasoning (correction) - Meme

From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Mon Oct 18 2004 - 15:30:55 BST

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    Marsha

    A "meme" is an idea or though pattern, or an interpretation of a previous
    one, that is spread and becomes widely accepted by repeated communication
    and use in a society.
    Like Darwinian evolution through the "gene" it involvse memory of
    information from cycle to cycle, and the possibility of mutation on any
    given cycle.

    Coined by Dawkins, popularised by Blackmore - a play on phonene, mimeme and
    gene.

    Ian
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "MarshaV" <marshalz@i-2000.com>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 1:04 PM
    Subject: RE: MD A bit of reasoning (correction)

    >
    >
    > What is a meme?
    >
    >
    > At 04:12 PM 10/17/2004 -0600, you wrote:
    > >DMB said to Scott:
    > >...you seem to be using it to invent a little intellectual judge who
    > >inspects patterns at each level.
    > >
    > >Scott replied:
    > >The judge is called DQ, until intellect appeared in humans, when it is
    also
    > >called human intellect. (and later added)
    > >.........Although DQ is involved in all judgment, one can also
    hypothesize
    > >non-corporal entities of various levels and complexity doing the judging.
    > >These would be such entities as Sheldrake's morphogenetic forms, or
    perhaps
    > >what other traditions have called angels or spirits, or personifications
    of
    > >species or forces (as in Amerindian mythology which has, say, Coyote as a
    > >protagonist), and so forth. Naturally, this is all wildly speculative as
    to
    > >where one says this is an intellectual form but that isn't, but a
    hypothesis
    > >that there are such non-corporal thinking entities doesn't seem to me to
    be
    > >all that unreasonable.
    > >
    > >dmb says:
    > >I'm sorry but there's no nice way to put it; your position is ridiculous.
    I
    > >had already become convinced that you're in way over your head, but now I
    > >also think you're a little bit nuts.
    > >
    > >But that doesn't mean it hasn't been fun.
    > >
    > >Good luck,
    > >dmb
    > >
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