RE: virus: ESS's and Punc. Equil.

Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 21:54:19 -0700

I'm using Blackmore's definition. I don't consider the old memetic lexicon authoritative.

Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com
Author, "Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme" Free newsletter! http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/meme.htm

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com]On Behalf Of David McFadzean
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 9:26 PM
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: Re: virus: ESS's and Punc. Equil.



From: Richard Brodie <richard@brodietech.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 5:25 PM

> nonproductive. They should come up with a different word if they don't
like
> meme (mental self-replicator), memeplex (cultural self-replicator), or
virus
> of the mind (same but with more negative connotation

I was under the impression that the difference between meme and memeplex was one of part-whole or component-aggregate, not mental vs. cultural. A memeplex is a "set of mutually-assisting memes which have co-evolved a symbiotic relationship". <http://virus.lucifer.com/memlex.html#MEME-COMPLEX>

David