Re: virus: Experimental memes.
Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 20:13:40 +0100
In message <19980817184938.AAA15015@[128.103.64.153]>, Wade T.Smith
<wade_smith@harvard.edu> writes
>> Who is to say how it has
>>influenced their behavior? Its better to just define a meme as
>>information which has successfully made a copy in another mind. That way
>>you can test for it. You ask a question
>
>No, no- the fact they are answering _is_ a behavior! It may, or may not,
>be a memetic behavior. So- the problem is, how do you test for that, yes?
Not necessarily. Depends what you mean by "a memetic behaviour".
For instance, communicating verbally is obviously learned, and
therefore memetic, but I guess that's not what you meant?
--
Robin