Underestimating long-term consequences of cryptoanarchy

[Jim Choate]

<Groan> not this tripe...again...

On Sun, 18 May 2003, Mike Rosing wrote:

> On Sat, 17 May 2003, John Kozubik wrote:
>
> > Allow me to suggest this article (or rather, a response to an article):
> >
> > http://www.edge.org/discourse/evolutionofculture.html
> >
> > to anyone wishing to read a contrarian position as relates to "memes" and
> > their various interpretations.

To answer the question as posed by Jaron Lanier as to how the various
sorts of music are the same expression, easy.

People have a common brain morphology. Don't confuse means and ends.

> It should be easy to create a test for memes.

Meme's are their own test, as used in your context.

The bottom line, the theory of 'meme' is -nothing- more than the
expression of the human desire to simplify and reduce. To absurdity if
given the chance, ala Dawkin's selfish gene gibberish.


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