> Are we possibly seeing here a rise in a memetic allergy of memetic
>theory itself? That when something (data, opinion, whatever) suggests that
>a behavior is unchangeable (barring genetic alteration, et. al.),
>memeticists strive to eliminate or discredit that opinion or data in order
>to maintain its perspective of intellectual mutability?
I'm not a memeticist. Actually my "allergy" to determinism is independent
of the memetics meme and predates thst concept by a decade (or so).
> Is this a positive element, or does it encourage an avoidance of those
>aspects of reality that suggest deterministic elements in human life?
I don't think we're avoiding these issues...we are confronting them pretty
directly. I'm not unwilling to entertain determinist theories...I'm just
suspicious of them as I'm suspicious of religions.
Reed
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