From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Tue Jan 15 2002 - 23:10:48 MST
On 16 Jan 2002 at 14:41, Steele, Kirk A wrote:
>
But that makes all the difference. It's in the absence of its object, just
like a can speak of b to c when c is absent, but only point to c when c is
present.
>
> Isn't five a derivative of one, minus the direct association inherent in
> one?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: joedees@bellsouth.net [mailto:joedees@bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:19 PM
> To: virus@lucifer.com
> Subject: Re: virus: Modes of Transmission
>
>
> On 15 Jan 2002 at 23:08, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
>
> > On the memetics list, we have come up with four modes of memetic
> > transmission:
> >
> > 1) Showing - a bodily demonstration, such as knapping a handaxe for
> > an audience.
> >
> > 2) Telling - verbally or manually (signing) communicating via a common
> > symbol system.
> >
> > 3) Writing - inscribing glyphs which stand for spoken/signed language.
> >
> > 4) Picturing - creating a representation of the object of communication
> > via drawing, photography, etc.
> >
> > Can anyone here think of others?
> >
> I came up with a fifth: miming. It is different from showing, since it
> takes
> place in the absence of its object, and different from picturing, as it is
> ephemeral, rather than being frozen in a medium.
>
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