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Subject: 
Is memetics a meme? (was: Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
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Date: 
Sun, 5 Mar 2000 02:58:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Erik Olson writes:
[...] I think the meme theory appeals to a void in the mind of bankrupt
intellectuals with no genuine philosophical theories. [...]

Question:  If Memetics itself is a meme, is it an intellectual bank-robber
meme, bankrupting non-bankrupt intellectuals in its path, or does it propagate
only in the minds of those who are already intellectually bankrupt?

--Todd



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  Re: Is memetics a meme? (was: Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
 
(...) ... I'd have to say no because this is getting silly! (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
I loathe the term "meme." It seems to focus on form to the exclusion of substance, as if ideas were magical incantations that just take over and needn't be analyzed very deeply. I think the meme theory appeals to a void in the mind of bankrupt (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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