Re: virus: The One or the Many?

Sodom (sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 22:23:05 -0400

Wade T.Smith wrote:
>
> >So a control group would be a society without memes? I don't see where to
> >go from there.
>
> Yet this is where we have to go. Although we are looking for a behavior
> without memes, not a society. (Would that not be impossible?)
>
> >If you are just looking for a behavior that is not controlled by memes,
> >maybe something controlled by genes. One of the four Fs?
>
> Yes, autonomous behavior does not have memes behind it. I contend dreams
> don't either. (And so far, no-one has bitched....)
>
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> Wade T. Smith
> wade_smith@harvard.edu
> morbius@channel1.com
> morbius@cyberwarped.com
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i don't think we need a group without memes, we need a group of mixed
groups to get an average. This method obviously has flawes, but good
luck finding a memeless group.

Sodom