virus: Spirited away

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Thu, 2 Jul 98 19:10:50 -0400


I said-

>In the same way gene is 'written' on a gene....

And you said-

>I think we will find or designate a
>thing which follows our pre-supposed criteria for
>"meme" and only after declaring it THUS will it come
>to stand for the concept pending modification in
>both the understanding and the boundaries of the
>thing so designated.

Now, I'm not being overly curt here, but didn't you just say in dozens of
words what I said in a few, and aren't we actually saying the same thing?
Mind you, I have no intention of declaring that the name creates the
object....