Re: virus: Extrocranial Memes

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:26:52 -0700


Wade wrote:

>I'm trying not to overestimate memes. Cultural quanta, yes, but also
>behavioural quanta. The meme is not what is being transmitted, but what
>begins the action (behind transmittal, or just performance). A series of
>behaviors is also culture, to begin the consilience....

>From this viewpoint, how are memes distinguished from thoughts or ideas? Is
the distitnction useful?

-Prof. Tim