Re: MEMETICS: Good/Bad Restated

James Rogers (jamesr@best.com)
Tue, 21 Jan 1997 14:17:29 -0800

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At 08:58 AM 1/21/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>My statement regarding "good" and "bad" memes has been somewhat
>>misinterpreted on this list, and possibly mistated by me.
>>
>>There are a number of ways to look at this. First, you can define
>>"goodness" in either an absolute or relative sense. I chose absolute.
>
>Ouch! Yikes! What "is" absolute good? Whose interests does it serve?
>

I wasn't DEFINING absolute good. I was only using it. I'll let the
morality people argue about the definition.

-James Rogers
jamesr@best.com

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