Re: virus: The One or the Many? (was: META)
Paul Prestopnik (pjp66259@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu)
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 10:02:45 -0400
> From: Tim Rhodes <proftim@speakeasy.org>
> If we wanted to make memetics into a science [1], one that could prove
> itself through the predictive powers of its theories, which is a better
> approach: studying the effects of memes on the individual or on large
> groups.
I think a study of the effects on groups of people would be more productive
than a study of the effects on individuals. Once specific memes are
identified and there effects on groups are better understood than the
resolution could be refined to a single person.
I think memetics in this manner would have to parallel the transition from
newtonian to quantum level physics, thermodynamics etc.