> But I am not convinced Consciousness is a meme.
>
I guess you mean "a mere meme". (Typing that is
easier than saying it.)
> Far from it. From this
> vantage point, it seems to be an evolutionary development of neural
> tissues, with neural complexity being a determinant.
>
Ha! How do you know it even exists?! Show me some!
> As it is only a part of the set of necessary and sufficient conditions
>
> for cultural action, it is not a meme by my presently operating
> definition.
>
Waffle.
> It is one of the necessary prerequisites for a culture, though, IMO. I
> am
> unwilling, so far, to place a culture outside the boundaries of
> consciousness.
>
Hyperwaffle.
> This may appear to be a hidebound attitude to some, if not to me.
>
Hidebound? It's hideous!
Robin the neophyte would-be humourist