From: Van oost Kenneth (kennethvanoost@belgacom.net)
Date: Thu 31 Oct 2002 - 20:31:53 GMT
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From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
Kenneth,
> > Unless we know how memes are born and where
>
> Memes are born and die in the behaviors of cultural performance. What
> happens in the brain of the first performer, consciously or
> unconsciously, is irrelevant to the observer, who will attempt, if any
> attempt is made, to perform a totally new meme based upon his
> apprehension of the original.
Wade, in cases where we need to go in someone's head ( serial killers)
it is relevant to the obsever what happened in the brain of the performer !
Profilers need in a sense to ' anticipate ' in the memetic processes of the
murderer. Psychologists do it all the time !
They base their next step on what is consciously or unconsciously ' said '
to them.
They interpretate what is said and Not- said.
Regards,
Kenneth
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