On 8 Nov 96 at 20:31, Eva-Lise Carlstrom wrote:
> ... I don't find it coherent to attempt to come
> up with a term parallel to 'gene' and 'meme' for an individual unit of
> "something" in this area. Picture someone prsented with a glass of juice
> which appears to be made of apples, oranges, or some combination of the
> two, possibly with something else mixed in. It would not make sense to
> announce that the fruits it was made of would be henceforth referred to as
> 'orples'. It would, however, make sense to continue to inquire what those
> fruits in fact were, and refer to them as 'fruits' in the meantime
> ('transmissible behavioural influences/determiners').
This is sufficiently descriptive but insuccint (try having a
verbal discussion on the subject). Maybe we just need to acronym it
(BIDs anyone?).
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