...that as their discipline does not construe memes as "particulate" entities, they therefore ... portray the cognitive representations of memes as "particulate" entities. He defines them ... patterned combinations of sensory elements. Memes thus take on a "particulate" nature... is interesting but almost completely irrelevant. Philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett, in...
... turtoni wrote: Sheehan asserts that the constant flitting of memetic patterns from one substrate to another makes memes so difficult to pin down, as analogous to genes, but that the physical processes that translate memetic ...LAND, clicking on a post before one word is read, the format of the message speaks. For me, the meme idea is interesting but outside of analogy it fails.
... we're like droplets of meme pooling together to form ponds ... their discipline does not construe memes as "particulate" entities, they therefore...portray the cognitive representations of memes as "particulate" entities. He defines...patterned combinations of sensory elements. Memes thus take on a "particulate...the witnessed behaviors of others. Philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett...
..., chazwin wrote: One has to ask meme theory: so what? The only answer to...> we're like droplets of meme pooling together to form ponds of story...> reading a book. plenty of cultural meme meaning there; open to the infection. ...v=TlLWFa1b1Bc Once again - so fucking what? Meme theory offers nothing in explanation. It does not say why memes arise and cannot suggest why they ...
...2008 00:54:15 -0700, chazwin wrote: One has to ask meme theory: so what? The only answer to this I see is one.... indeed. both pretty meaningless replies. we're like droplets of meme pooling together to form ponds of story: coffee is good. .... planting a sacred tree. reading a book. plenty of cultural meme meaning there; open to the infection. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
On Tue, 13 May 2008 00:54:15 -0700, chazwin wrote: One has to ask meme theory: so what? The only answer to this I see is one of different prospective. Taken literally this does rank right down there with the viewpoint of "human as brain, brain as computer". The tendency seems to be to fit all of everything into the excitement of the day. Here it is genetics. Soon, I suspect, nano-...
... observations as historians, theologians and philosophers who actually do the work ... as race, culture, and ethnicity. Memes propagate themselves and can move ... mutate. "Memeticists argue that the memes most beneficial to their hosts ... not necessarily survive; rather, those memes that replicate the most effectively ... for the possibility that successful memes may prove detrimental to their ...
... such as race, culture, and ethnicity. Memes propagate themselves and can move through...'s reproductive success. So with memes, some ideas will propagate less ..., mutate. "Memeticists argue that the memes most beneficial to their hosts ... not necessarily survive; rather, those memes that replicate the most effectively ... for the possibility that successful memes may prove detrimental to their ...
...for 99%% of human history we have be hunter/gatherers - I say so what? You don't...> REALLY represent? NONE. Religion survives as a meme not because it is useful but because it ... the distinction does not exist. A few modern philosophers, in recognizing this dilemma, have argued that the...of further cultural and genetic change. But the philosophers and theologians have not yet shown us how...
... care (very un-Darwinian). It is one of the classic philosophical fallacies to derive an 'ought' from an 'is'. ...the brain that deals with moral values our "conscience". Moral values are memes, which just as genes develop thru evolution. There ... cold weather, and then the 19,000 year ice age the hunter-gathers were gone. The estimate I believe is that 60,000 years...
