Richard Brodie RBrodie@brodietech.com +1.206.688.8600
CEO, Brodie Technology Group, Inc., Bellevue, WA, USA
http://members.gnn.com/rbrodie
Do you know what a "meme" is? http://members.gnn.com/rbrodie/votm.htm
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> owner-virus@maxwell.lucifer.com[SMTP:owner-virus@maxwell.lucifer.com]
>Sent: Monday, June 03, 1996 8:40 PM
>To: virus@lucifer.com
>Subject: virus: Memes in the Kennel?
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> Fellow Virians,
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>To put a spin on the old Zen koan about dogs having the Buddha nature,
>I've
>been wondering:
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> Does a dog have meme-nature?
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>This actually is a serious question I have concerning the parameters of
>memetics. If you think dogs do host memes, what role or distinction do
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>then assign to higher cognition in the hosting of memetic processes?
>That is
>to say, are human-host memes just a different species of meme than
>dog-host
>memes, only with substantially higher dynamics given what their more
>highly
>evolved host can provide by way of replication potential?
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> Certainly, dogs learn behavior and adapt to their surroundings through
>experience, but are these actually memes? If "bury the bone" is a
>meme...?
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>And feel free to replace "dog" with "chimpanzee"...
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>(ah.... I can see the theoretical cleavages on the horizon... "Strong
>Memetics" versus "Weak Memetics")
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>Brad
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