Re: virus: Newsweek - Science finds God
Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 1 Aug 1998 19:09:34 +0100
In message <199808011733.MAA10841@castaway.uwf.edu>, Joe E. Dees
<jdees0@students.uwf.edu> writes
>If everything is a meme, then there is nothing a meme is not, and
>therefore the term "meme" is rendered meaningless, for it cannot be
>defined by comparison or contrast. If we can't say what a meme is
>NOT, we can't say what it IS.
Did I say "everything"? Hey, this keyboard is no mere meme!
(But the idea of it, that I just conveyed to you, is.)
(When I type about my keyboard, is it self-referential?)
--
Robin