> I start new threads. Is there anything I dislike about the list? Not
> really, though I think memetics are taken a bit too seriously by some. Not
> that memetics isn't a good tool, but it is just that (IMHO). Sometimes I
I think everyone here realizes that memetics as a worldview is a tool,
but there is nothing "just" about it. Is the computer "just" a tool? Is the
internet "just" a new form of media? Are humans "just" another animal?
You seem to be implying that there is nothing important or special about it.
> picture a would-be carpenter singing an ode to his hammer, while the other
> carpenters are wondering when he's going to build the house.
I don't see much ode-singing going on, just a lot of discussion trying to
figure out what memetics is and how it can be used. And as for building
the house, what makes you think we're not?
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/