Re: virus: Random thoughts & more poor analogies!

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Sat, 15 Aug 98 19:41:19 -0400


>the ease at which memes can
>cross different "species"

Regardless of how sloppily, or how distinctly, or whether you feel meme
is a concept worth bothering with, it still applies to homo sapiens
sapiens, and to homo sapiens sapiens only, until further evidence is
presented. And there is no evidence that a meme can be transferred across
species, unless you are _so_ sloppy in your definition that training a
dog to fetch your paper is what you would call a memetic behavior....

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