Re: The forgotten Kingdom

I think for Blackmore's argument to suceed you will need independent
evidence for memes.

Further, it seems wrong from an evolutionary point of view, since human
minds have stronmg links with other animal minds and "memes" do not
predate humanity.

Lance

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