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Subject: Re: UKNM: Memes and marketing
From: John McCarthy
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 16:05:15 +0100

> Has anybody come across memetic theory, wherein the
> argument is posited that ideas, like genes have an
> inherent 'desire' to propogate and replicate, and
> peoples minds are fundamentally meme incubators.

There is no notion of 'desire' in either the genetic or memetic story.

Genes copy themselves (imperfectly)
Memes copy themselves (imperfectly)
Some live and some die.
This depends on the climate.

End of story



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