Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id JAA19174 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 10 May 2000 09:04:26 +0100 Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 08:50:38 +0100 From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk> Message-Id: <200005100750.IAA00646@faichney.demon.co.uk> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: a memetic experiment- an eIe opener Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Chuck wrote:
>Robin Faichney wrote:
>>
>> Is "propagandistic value" the same as, or different from, "usefulness"?
>>
>The best person to ask that is your local politician. Far be it for me to be so
>pretentious as to know the answer.
Propaganda is obviously of use to the propagandist, but surely your
model says that a meme won't be picked up unless it is of use to the
recipient -- in which case, what is propaganda?
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