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12-22-2004, 05:15 AM
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scriptural dumpster diving?
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12-22-2004, 07:21 AM
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Memes, tropes or canards would all work.
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12-22-2004, 11:23 PM
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Thanks for these suggestions. "Meme" might work but there is alot of metaphysical baggage tied to it -- perhaps not a fatal flaw if the use was carefully defined.
"Unit" and "block" might be good enough -- I admittedly have no specific goal, I just thought it would be interesting to trace, say, the Second Law of Thermodynamics argument through the decades. "Canard" isn't bad though, not exactly neutral, but accurate: Quote:
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12-23-2004, 03:49 AM
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Why not combine the two best terms without being too obvious about all that pesky baggage:
Myth + meme = myme |
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12-23-2004, 04:47 AM
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