Re: virus: The One or the Many? (was: META)
Sodom (sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Sat, 18 Oct 1997 13:57:57 -0400
Tim Rhodes wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Wade T.Smith wrote:
>
> > 1. Streaking _matters_? Or are you saying that studying the
> > inconsequential is OK?
>
> You are an idiot, Wade. And I mean that personally. Yes, in behavioral
> sciences the "inconsequential" does matter. It is a pattern and we should
> be looking for patterns.
>
> Does the actions of one puny photon matter? What could be more
> inconsequential!
>
> > 2. A fad is not a meme.
>
> You amaze me with your idiocy, Wade! Ever read _The Selfish Gene_? What
> does Dawkins site as memes? Fasions and Fads.
>
> You must be goading me here. Either that or you incured sever brain trama
> in the last few days. If the latter is true, my apologies.
>
> Get well soon.
>
> -Prof. Tim
Perhaps a fad is a "social group" meme. A meme of an order different
than that of the individual/original. Perhaps it's part of the "needing
to belong" emotion/meme. I did not read _The Selfish Gene_ but
understnad (i think) the principle, and I think it has been somewhat
confirmed. Genes are quite complex little buggers, and though we have
mapped a few completely, we are only about 15% done on the human gennome
project.
Sodom
Keeper of the Cheeze