Can't you see that is what we (and information theorists and
evolutionary biologists) mean by "transmission"? I guess if you
don't like the word, there is nothing I can do about it. But the
onus is on you to supply a better one.
> Looking at it from the biological reproduction perspective removes
> consideration of the signal, and thus, the source of the mutation.
> Sort of like looking at biological organisms without knowing what DNA
> is; a step back.
Like it or not, that is where we are at in memetic theory. Like in
Mendel's days, we recognize the there is a pattern without understanding
the underlying mechanisms.
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/