>On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Dave Pape <davepape@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>
>>So here's another question: How many copies of a kind of meme do you host?
>>EG, I have memes like:
>>
>>"Don't like dogs"
>>"Look at that crappy dog"
>>"Dogs piss me off"
>>"Dogs shit all over the fcken pavement"
>
>Aren't they all just different verbalisations of the same underlying
>meme? Or have you created a meta-meme (don't like dogs) to consolidate a
>number of smaller, interrelated memes?
Meizmz:
I prefer the second version... although this perfect storage of lots of
similar memes sounds a bit discreetist to me...
The second alternative would fit with the idea of a genetic "family" as a
kind (meta-)group, an emergent thing that arises from the interaction of its
members.
Dave Pape
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