RE: virus: The One or the Many? (was: META)
Robin Faichney (r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk)
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 19:58:48 +0100
> From: David McFadzean[SMTP:david@lucifer.com]
>
> At 11:20 AM 10/17/97 +0100, Robin Faichney wrote:
>
> >Why do you say that? Dawkins listed clothing fashions
> >as memes in the original piece -- what's the difference
> >between fashions and fads?
>
> The concept of "meme" has evolved since then. Dawkin's
> original list is now thought of more accurately as
> expressions of memes, not memes themselves.
>
OK, that's interesting, tell me more. Thought of by whom?
What are memes, and exactly how are they distinguished
from their expressions? Please explain, using the fashion/
fad thing as an example, on one side of the paper only.
:-)
Robin
PS In cyberspace, what corresponds to "the other side of
the paper"?