Memes & The Ladder LO7101

Dr Ilfryn Price (101701.3454@compuserve.com)
Wed, 1 May 1996 13:32:52 -0400

Replying to LO7078 --

Responding, quickly to Ben Granade

>Just a thought, undeveloped at present, but...could the concept and
lexicon of memes (see URL http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/MEMLEX.html) and
memetics be the tool being looked for in the quest for understanding and
using the ladder of inference?

It may not surprise people to hear me say yes. I think one can use the
ladder without believing or understanding the theory just as, for example,
pigeon breeders bred beautiful pigeons without understanding Darwins
theory [they gave him the idea] but the theory nonetheless expanded future
practice. Please this is not an attempt to trivialise the ladder. For me
understanding a possible cause of 'that stuff' certainly helped the use of
it, not least because it helped me stop making people wrong [at least
soemtimes].

If Price
The Harrow Partnership
Pewley Fort Guildford UK
101701.3454@compuserve.com

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