RE: virus: The One or the Many?

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Sat, 18 Oct 97 16:43:00 -0400

>I
>say that the word "autonomous" is inseperable from the word "meme". Memetic
>behavior is autonomous: The meme has taken over conscious control of
>behavior...behavior becomes patterned in this way and survival of the
>pattern is dependent on continuence of the behavior.

Interesting. I would say exactly the opposite, that habitual behavior is
indeed semi-autonomous, but that it has abandoned its meme. We can train
dogs....

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