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"A noun is a calcification"

3/10/2023

 
"An important shift from noun to verb (and back again) takes place with ‘meme.’
 
As Dennett has put it, a meme is 'a way.' 
 
A meme is a differential process within a context.  That’s where ‘value arises’ (cf. Bateman).
 
A noun is a calcification or a snapshot in time of a verb.  The verb is where the action is.  A noun is a useful placeholder in the middle of the overall action whether that action is very fast or very, very slow.
 
A noun is documentation, a record of what has happened, an artifact of past actions:
 
                             e.g., a chair
                                      Ben
                                      happiness
                                      Tuesday"

-Fragments of Memetica, No. 10.  [20200926]

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    Benjamin Bennett-Carpenter writes philosophy and poetry.  Teaches at a public university in North America.  Consults/coaches (executive, life, creative).

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