[MD] Meme and totem?

[Heather Perella]

Ian:
D'ya wanna gimme some clues about "totem" from
your perspective ... or
should I just go off and do some research ? Yes
I do know the "word"
and I have a dictionary and know how to use
wikipedia and Google  ...


SA:  You see Ian, after the research I did with what I
know, it seems "meme" is a stripped down taken concept
from totem where gene (the obvious one) was used to
make it more "biological", mechanistic, and scientific
sounding.  Totem holds the cultural influence where
gene steps in to strip totem down into a mechanistic,
impersonal view of what totem is.  So the concept
still remains, "meme" is nothing new and surprising,
it's totem changed into the SOM, mechanistic version. 
That's what it seems to me, unless you know something
about "meme" that I don't.


woods,
canoe's on the roof,
all ready to go,
SA