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[Alex Robinson]

>> Again, I think you're wrong. I don't believe there is a prior attempt 
>> to
>> formulise the units of cultural transmission
>
> Well, apart from the notion of "mimesis" coined by Socrates 3,000 years
> before Dawkin's birth.

 >>>> imitation <<<<

Actually I was about to add that I'd forgotten to mention that meme is 
actually derived from mimeme

Plus having just flicked through the relevant bits of Selfish Gene I can 
confirm that he tips the hat to noone when it comes to memes - indeed 
his preamble to the meme's introduction expresses his surprise and 
disappointment that people had avoided the area.

As to (Socrates|Plato)'s mimesis, I thought that it was a thoroughly 
degrading thing. And not actually about cultural transmission at all. 
But please explain. I forgot almost everything I knew about ancient 
greek within 6 months of stopping studying it and that was 15 years 
ago :)