BTW Have you ever read "The Grand Inquisitor"?
Whew. Not sure if that is any better but my neurons have timed out!
And my lunch hour is almost up. Is this what you understood from my
post?
Marie
List,
Haven't read the book.
Yes, the new interpretation seems to make sense on some levels.
But (and this line of reasoning isn't firm yet): I see memetics functioning
by saltatation--that we jump from one memetic paradigm to another...no
nudge, no new trajectory. I put "old" memetic paradigms on a different
level for different selection criteria; that is, If it is no longer moving
forward--if it is no longer selecting for self-improvement (it might be
hostile, or self-destructive, or ambivalent, etc.)--if it is not advancing
evolution then it is "genetic". And I use "genetic" to mean that it is
competing for *chance* reproduction--"chance" being contrasted here from
"self-directed" replication.
But, on another level...sure! There are certain memetic manipulations
(manipulations that mimic the meme meme) that can affect the traits of
"Christian hostility", both pro and con. I just think that these efforts
will only marginally address Christianity or hostility :)
Brett
Returning,
rBERTS%n, USA
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This line from Shakespeare has delusions of grandeur.
Douglas R Hofstadter