A meme is something to be passed on like a gene
is passed on. It is preferred to be something favorable. Perhaps
ethical. It's opposite would be what you are trying to pass on.
Maggs
c680910@showme.missouri.edu
"If someone says"I don't know if there's a hand here" he might be told
"Look closer"- This possibility of satisfying oneself is part of the
language game. Is one of its essential features."
On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, KMO wrote:
> Tim Rhodes wrote:
> >
> > KMO to twelve wrote:
> >
> > >What is the opposite of a meme? A quale? What else?
> >
> > What is the opposite of a branch? Is it another limb?
>
> Maybe. What feature or quality of a branch would provide so sharp a
> contrast with the other that you would call them opposites?
>
> > Or an ax?
>
> Perhaps, although it seems that a one-word answer would require some
> unpacking before the comparison is meaningful.
>
> > What is the opposite of a river's course?
>
> I take it that you are making the point that many concepts don't have
> opposites, but if you select one salient aspect of a river's course, say
> the fact that it changes over time with and without human intervention,
> then you might think of it as contrasting sharply with an equalateral
> triangle or other perfect geometric shape which does not change over
> time and cannot be changed by human intervention.
>
> > The banks?
>
> Again, maybe, but it would take a little explaining.
>
> > Or the cloud?
>
> Ditto.
>
> -KMO
>
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