Re: Memes For Peace

From: Keith Henson (hkhenson@rogers.com)
Date: Mon 10 Mar 2003 - 05:08:46 GMT

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    At 08:51 PM 09/03/03 -0500, Scott wrote:

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    >It's good to see somebody else recognizing the "how" (proximate) versus
    >"why" (ultimate) distinction. I recall, quite a while back, on this very
    >list folks not recognizing the *mportance* of "why" questions. IIRC they
    >thought "why" questions were meaningless.

    You have to understand something a lot deeper to get to the "why" class of questions. It took years before I realized the connection between drugs and cults can be understood using evolutionary psychology. Once you understand that, a heck of a lot of other things fall into place.

    Keith Henson

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