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Re: SoCalic Biophobia
Danny Yee (danny@STAFF.CS.SU.OZ.AU)
Mon, 12 Dec 1994 14:11:16 +1000
Lee Cronk, in response to Steve Mizrach, writes:
> The debate among we evolution and behavior
> types over memetics these days is not so much over whether or not
> some sort of theory is needed on this topic (although there are more
> than a few holdouts who reject the approach), but on how much such
> an approach can explain, how useful it might be, and how much
> emphasis should be given it. I would prefer for those sorts of issues
> to be decided empirically.
My concern is that many proponents of memetics seem to expect large
slabs of population genetics to transplant into a completely different
setting without any change. Steve Mizrach sometimes seems to be
jumping up and down yelling "Mimetics! Why isn't anyone working on
mimetics?", as if expecting someone to add 2 and 2 together and come
up with a simple, powerful theory that explains everything.
Danny Yee.
P.S. I fully expect Steve to be the first to start finding faults with
any theory that does purport to explain everything!
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