memetics/principa cybernetics [fwd] [via LSMTP - see

Francis Heylighen (fheyligh@VNET3.VUB.AC.BE)
Thu, 23 May 1996 11:44:48 +0100


Another one who saw the light thanks to PCP Web ;-)

>From: Mark_Mills@dclp.org (Mark Mills)
>Reply-To: Mark_Mills@dclp.org
>To: fheyligh@VNET3.VUB.AC.BE
>Subject: memetics/principa cybernetics
>
>I've had a wonderful day discovering the principa cybernetics web pages. I
>stumbled across them looking for a reference on Stafford Beers' 'Viable
>systems model.'
>
>I didn't find much on Beers, but did push through the discussion of
>epistemology and thus touched on memetics. I'd heard of memetics a few times
>over the past year or two, but within the context of epistemology it took on
>new meaning. I realized that my research since the late 70s had been focused
>on memetics and my failure to communicate with peers could have been easily
>predicted. I was completely ignorance of the epistemological problems my
>conclusions presented.
>
>Thank you! Thank you!
>
>Mark Mills
>Dallas, TX

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