Re: virus: One More Time, From the Top...

Nathan Russell (frussell@frontiernet.net)
Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:08:11 -0400


sodom wrote:

> It seems that a meme - in transit (on paper, e-mail, some type of non-thinking
> host) would be similar to the DNA that is not in use, or DNA fragments without the
> tools to assemble the fragments until in the mind. Just a thought.
>
> Bill Roh
>

Or like an RNA virus - it's in a completely different format.

> Nathaniel Hall wrote:
>
> > Richard Brodie wrote:
> > >
> > > Memes are replicators in minds. The term "replicator" is used to denote any
> > > information that participates in evolution by natural selection. These
> > > definitions are widely accepted in the field, so it doesn't help much to
> > > propose new definitions for existing terms.
> > >
> > > Richard Brodie
> >
> > I can almost live with that, but what about information that resides in
> > a computer or book? Does that information then become a potential meme
> > until it is replicated into a mind? If the answer to that is yes than I
> > think that's a decent definition.
> >
> > Nate Hall

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