Thanks you for the excellent definitions of meme, idea and memeplex, Lloyd. Please elucidate on the "hidden agenda" of a memeplex. Kevin wondered whether it...
Mind: The War and the Spectacle Posted by: souljah on Dec 21, 2002 - 01:18 PM "Socially and psychologically repressed, people are drawn to spectacles of...
--SNIP-- ... To Heather first: The 'hidden agenda' of a memeplex is found within each individual component from which it is assembled: Simply to replicate in...
"Can you see from this dual example what kind of processes may be at work to produce memes, and why they function as they do? Can you think of better examples...
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... --SNIP-- ... Okay, these lists are for discussion purposes, and Monty is smart enough to know the difference between a personal attack and a useful...
... Please let me add this to my previous answer to the question about intentionality. I don’t want to defend the idea of intentionality as being the only...
... Hi Lloyd, I agree that we need a place to start looking. Have you read "Godel, Escher, Bach" by Hofstadtler? If not, he uses an ant colony as an analogy...
... Okay . . . To start with, genes are ironclad in an individual, and evolve as generations pass. Memes and genes differ in that way (There are fancy terms to...
Regarding intentionality, I found a short paper by a guy named Francis Heylighen, link below, that sheds some light. It harks back to a fundamental aspect of...
... Heather, you did great. All of those can be built into a meme, by accident or by design, to stimulate the host to WANT to replicate the meme, or to do...
... version of Christianity; --SNIP-- At last, somebody puts out a short, sweet, CONSTRUCTIVE and *useful* piece about memes, in a common person's language....
Hi Kevin, I was checking Yahoo Groups agin to find a discussion on memetics that did not include ads for penile enlargement - and came across your post. ...
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Adopting a new "purpose" later in life can be a cathartic experience. A person doesn't have to change their existing top-level value memes to find a new set of...
Hi Lloyd, It's hard to find good discussions on memetics. Are you the moderator - or is Monty Vonn? Can you use help in that area? Weekends only seems a bit of...
"I think Monty is the moderator. Anyways, that's who I was told I had to fear if I'd become too much of a wiseass." Aw, shucks, Lloyd, you adopted my meme! ...
We humanist-types all realize much too well how the upcoming presidential hoopla campaigns will likely affect our futures. I have devised a simple way to ...
Hi Lloyd, I have written a lot of technical stuff. Now I'm semi- retired and it's just a hobby. The Chapter 1, Chapter 2 thing was just an uncreative way to...
... Hi, I am new here, my name is Tad. Some memeplex in me wants me to respond. Immaterial genes (information) live in chromosomes. They use matter ...
Not sure if anyone here is interested but I will be playing some music based on Richard Dawkins work... for example Cultural Genetics Dawkins gave birth to a...
Hi, all, I just joined this Yahoo group. I find the study of memes as important for understanding the "mechanics" of social conscience and communication. As...
Hi, Zon, I believe I recognize your style from the A-C group, and I certainly understand your angst about jokery and flippancy from my brief experience there. ...
Lloyd, Hi Sweetie! I made it! :-D I think you've made an excellent point here. I think tie-in issues are very important in this kind of discussion, because...
Another part of my confusion about this thing is that not only do people so blindly adopt said memes, but they will go to such extreme lengths to protect it....
TOLJA! Patience, patience. ... Well, with a little grasp of the memetic replication process, which I am sure being in this group will help you get a good...
Great questions, people have struggled to answer for centuries. Memes offers a great way to assess such questions without imposing blame or guilt onto human...
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