From: Nathanael Allison (jubungalord@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 08 2003 - 15:29:34 MST
>>From: "Nathanael Allison" <jubungalord@hotmail.com>
>>I was rethinking and a society would only be dominant if it had a meme to
>>do so.
>
>This may be a tad oversimplistic and deterministic. To supplement this
>reductionist approach, I would recommend that you consider memeplexes
>instead of just 'memes' (i.e. systems like capitalism, democracy, judicial
>systems, etc.), and analyze the emergent effects of these dynamic and
>normative systems on society as a whole, and how they interact with each
>other over time.
>
>George
>
There is no doubt in my mind that it is oversimplified. I wanted to know if
it would be possible to come up with an all incompassing theory that would
somehow categorize all memes, memeplexes. Everyone I've talked keeps telling
me that there are reasons why every thought comes to every person. Which is
determinism. What is not deterministic? How can you even communicate
intellectually if you do not believe that all reality is based on causation?
If every thought is caused by something we should be able to come up with a
theory why certain thoughts are memes-memeplexes and certain ones are not.
Nate, Is this basic theory wrong?
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