> Wade wrote:
>
> >Why in Occam's name should we even bring a term like "meme" into a
> >description of cultural activity when we already have a whole jargon in
> >several fields that describes cultural activity in much more accurate
> >terms?
> >
> >To turnabout in fair play.
>
> Maybe we need to (shutter) define what we are calling a meme.
>
> Let's leave the gene/meme analogy on the shelf, where it belongs. It has
> little real value as anything other than a way to get peoples heads around
> the concept from the start. So, what qualities do we require in a meme?
> I'll start:
>
> A meme:
> 1) Evolves through mutation and selection.
2) Is transmitted through communication.
>
> Anyone want to add a #2 and continue the list? Or have a problem with #1
> already?
>
> -Prof. Tim
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