Re: virus: Re: first post;reading with enthusiasm

Davorin Mestric (davorin.mestric@zg.tel.hr)
Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:57:10 +0100


i guess it is just me that thinks this definition is just plain stupid.
look at genes. are genes only those that replicate? gee. most of them
don't but we still call them genes.

this definition also says one event is a meme and another is not when the
only difference is somebody can receive or hear it. that is stupid.

for those that hate to see memes that did not replicate, well those were
just unsucessful memes, ok?

>A meme is any outside event that, when
>observed by an information replicating device, causes said device
>to alter outside behavior in such a way that another device could
>possibly follow the steps taken by the first device, and so continue
>the flow of information.