Re: virus: Newsweek - Science finds God
Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 2 Aug 1998 12:49:39 +0100
In message <199808011840.NAA12453@castaway.uwf.edu>, Joe E. Dees
<jdees0@students.uwf.edu> writes
>Is a meme then what semioticions would call a sign and casual
>conversers would call an idea? What about their evolutionary,
>competitive, co-operative and propagative properties? Are you
>claiming that all signs and/or ideas possess these? Just curious.
>Joe
Memes are all items of information that, taken together,
make up a culture. Not all ideas are communicated, but
most are, and to think of ideas as memes will not lead
you far astray, though it in very strict terms it's not
entirely correct.
--
Robin