RE: virus: META: a rule for the list
Robin Faichney (r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk)
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 15:51:45 +0100
> From: tom.holz[SMTP:tom.holz@pobox.com]
>
> >aren't worth worrying about. Let's see if we
> >can rekindle the enthusiasm for memetics and
> >associated topics that we surely have all felt at
> >some time, and let that carry us beyond the
> >petty personal differences.
>
> Amen, person! I myself am thinking about going off and reading as
> much
> Dennett as I can get my hands on now that the "Dave Pape" pattern is
> no
> longer an active listmember. Conciousness Explained, for starters...
>
My copy of it has been out on loan since before I got
seriously interested in memetics! And I never read
more than a couple of chapters. I get the impression
he uses it in there... anyone care to do a overview of
the argument? Would "consciousness is just a meme"
cover it, by any chance?
Robin