Re: DS Syndrome

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> Keith,
>
> It takes two to have an argument. On a memetics list, it would seem
> only too obvious to point out that controversy, conflict, and charged
> language tend to attract attention. But if that detracts from the
> utility of this forum, that isn't a problem of a single person.
>
> It's the result of a general lack of self-discipline.
>
> Best,
>
> Reed
>
If a person dogmatically insists that 2 + 2 = 5, it is a duty of knowledgeable others, not a fault of theirs, to point out that they really = 4, lest the mathematically deficient believe and spread the fallacious meme. That's the way selection works.
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