Re: virus: Do memes exist?

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Tue, 16 Sep 97 19:49:53 -0400

>>>OK, here's a new thread. But first a question: do species exist?
>>>How would you prove it?
>>
>>Well, if they did, what would we do with them?
>
>We could add them to our conceptual toolkit for understanding
>the evolution of biological life.

I think that is where we are going, at least now that genetics and
zoology are mixing and parting the waters of Linnaeus.

Do we need them? Probably. Although they may well be like Gould's ramp of
complexity, markers on the graph.

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