[dmb] Or so it seems to me. If there is a way to make the MOQ compatible with the theory of memes, it would surprize me. I thought the MOQ replaced the mechanized view of evolution in favor a volitional one even at the biological level. So to then transfer darwinian mechanisms to the evolution of language seems to reverse the correction and double the error. What could
be worse than a mechanistic, materialistic theory of meaning? Isn't "Meme" exactly the kind of absurdity we get when we try to explain culture in terms of material and mechanical operations? I think so. [Krimel] So Dave, you think ideas and societies do not evolve? Or do they evolve on the basis of some supernatural principle? Volitional evolution? Is that like eugenics or Think and Grow Rich? You know there was this guy Lamarck and he claimed... moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
