From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Tue Jan 15 2002 - 22:18:38 MST
On 15 Jan 2002 at 23:08, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
> On the memetics list, we have come up with four modes of memetic
> transmission:
>
> 1) Showing - a bodily demonstration, such as knapping a handaxe for
> an audience.
>
> 2) Telling - verbally or manually (signing) communicating via a common
> symbol system.
>
> 3) Writing - inscribing glyphs which stand for spoken/signed language.
>
> 4) Picturing - creating a representation of the object of communication
> via drawing, photography, etc.
>
> Can anyone here think of others?
>
I came up with a fifth: miming. It is different from showing, since it takes
place in the absence of its object, and different from picturing, as it is
ephemeral, rather than being frozen in a medium.
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