Re: virus: Memetic evolution

Lather. Rinse. Repeat. (jwt@dana.ucc.nau.edu)
Sat, 23 Mar 1996 00:30:37 -0700 (MST)

Shakespeare is a rather extreme example. I do think it quite possible,
however, to identify certain writers and artists and musicians/composers
of our time who have had or who are now having a significant and
long-lasting effect on the future course of those mediums. Just because
the public isn't aware of these individuals doesn't mean they're not out
there.

--Jay

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On Sat, 23 Mar 1996, C. David Noziglia wrote:

> David McFadzean wrote:
>
> > On the other hand if Shakespeare had died in infancy, there would be no
> > reason to believe someone else would have written those literary works.
> > (Well, maybe someone did write them, but you get the point :) Perhaps it is
> > the works of the 20th century Shakespeares that should be preserved.
> >
>
> OK, name one. The problem is probably that we aren't far enough removed from
> artistic creations to choose the ones that will survive the ages. Also, we
> have lived through a time of the creation of a new artistic medium, film.
> And what about artists and musicians?
>
> Anyway, that wasn't what the original challange was about, David. We were
> supposed to choose 5 scientific ideas.
>
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> for they will never be disappointed."
> Kautiliya Shakhamuni Sidhartha Gautama Buddha
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> "Things are the way they are because they got that way."
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