tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post3065838497756010397..comments2024-03-27T21:43:02.451-04:00Comments on NEW SAVANNA: The Memetic Changeover: When and Why?Bill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-69280016542237173772013-07-01T16:57:58.921-04:002013-07-01T16:57:58.921-04:00i hope you'll wtrite about the bozon of god so...i hope you'll wtrite about the bozon of god some day<br /><br />or is it the god of bozons<br /><br />it's sure easier to find the second one!iksigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063903859058172931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-63370168206129429772013-06-24T19:39:49.201-04:002013-06-24T19:39:49.201-04:00You know, Barry, I think it is very much like Pike...You know, Barry, I think it is very much like Pike's etic/emic distinction, which I suggest in a post I linked to above:<br /><br />http://new-savanna.blogspot.com/2010/06/cultural-evolution-8-language-games-1.html<br /><br />But I think you have to be very careful about how you generalize that distinction beyond its roots in the phonetics/phonemics distinction. I know Pike wrote three ratherBill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-6449770534195120042013-06-24T18:55:17.542-04:002013-06-24T18:55:17.542-04:00Bill, do you think that talking about culture in t...Bill, do you think that talking about culture in terms of "memetics" buys us anything beyond Kenneth Pike's old "etic/emic" distiniction? Pike, I think, tended to emphasize "meaningful within a cultural system" rather than "replication"...but is the difference anything more than a slight shift in emphasis?baslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328991679116854379noreply@blogger.com