[ExI] Meta question

[Henry Rivera]

> On Aug 18, 2016, at 8:41 PM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The only Dawkins original in that book was was the concept of meme.
> 
Which takes me back to John's post...

> On Aug 18, 2016, at 4:28 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> ​> ​Bill, the "better" problem stems from there being two viewpoints, the​ ​individual humans and human genes.
> 
> ​Yes there can certainly be conflicts between the two:
> 
> Individual humans = the invention of condoms would be a good idea.
> Human genes = the invention of condoms would be a bad idea.​

Susan Blackmore, author of The Meme Machine, would suggest there is a third force at work--that of the meme. Of course, one could collapse that under 'individual humans' above, but Blackmore would see that as a disservice I think. 

-Henry
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