Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA08247 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 18 May 2000 14:25:39 +0100 Subject: RE: Central questions of memetics Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 09:22:15 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas est veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20000518132303.AAA16614@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 05/18/00 09:14, Lawrence H. de Bivort said this-
>It is quite easy to undo the phobia -- to remove it entirely
>-- but it has to be done with technical precision or the phobic structure,
>strong as it is, will retain its grip over the person.
Interesting.
I, for instance, have a phobia of water, which has increased over the
years, mainly because I never learned to swim. And yet I know, with a
rational certainty, that the human body will float, that the swimming
motion is an undifficult one, and that I have all the necessary parts to
accomplish it. But, once in the water, panic.
It would be nice to swim.
What is this technical precision of which you speak?
- Wade
===============================================================
This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the
Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission
For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing)
see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu May 18 2000 - 14:26:06 BST