Re: virus: Re: What does it mean to be me?

From: Keith Henson (hkhenson@rogers.com)
Date: Wed Nov 12 2003 - 07:20:16 MST

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At 08:27 PM 11/11/03 -0700, you wrote:

>[hkhenson]
>The meme/gene analogy breaks here because we have words such as "idea" for
>patterns of information that do not require replication where we don't have
>a similar distinction for "gene." Genes are *assumed* to be the product of
>replication.
>
>[metahuman]
>This is yet another reason supporting my claim that language is a
>communication barrier.

Have I been unclear? Can you give an example or go into more detail as to
why you make this statement?

Keith Henson

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