Actually that was a quote from Alex Williams <thantos@decatl.alf.dec.com>.
>The memes are created by the reader to interpret/explain the language in
>the heiroglyphs.
I agree that adjunct memes were created in the process of interpreting
the original content.
>Look at the memes that were released into our culture at the time of the
>Tutahnkhamen (sp?), king tut's, tomb escavation. Although there was a
>significant amount accurate cultural knowledge that was released into
>british and american culture, there was a 1920's Egypto-vogue that was
>even more wide spread-- our culture's way of
>explaining/celebrating/participating in the spread of ancient egyptian
>memes.
True, but the heiroglyphs contained messages like "Cleopatra is pharaoh"
which exist independently of 1920's Egyto-vogue. Wouldn't you agree that
the heiroglyphs encode the memes that represent the "accurate cultural
knowledge" you refer to?
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/