memes (was Re: ::scr clue)

[jo walsh]

to tip the point memes are nothing new as well as the 'mimetic' heritage
mentioned, structuralism and semiotics were concerned with the same issues
cultural constructs. memes are too big and small to be useful as
quantities, as something disciplinary. 

i dont know how deeply embedded an idea has to be to become a meme. one
could argue that the brain's strategies for face recognition are a very
powerful, leaky meme, but is that too complex an object?

perhaps the harnessing of meme energy would form a powerful aid in the
fight for good against evil, but i don't know.      

z 

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