Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA21243 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:57:38 +0100 Message-ID: <B6E47FBD3879D31192AD009027AC929C368925@NWTH-EXCHANGE> From: Bruce Jones <BruceJ@nwths.com> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: memetic engineering in the park Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:03:40 -0500 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wade T.Smith [SMTP:wade_smith@harvard.edu]
> Subject: memetic engineering in the park
>
> Case Study- find the meme.
>
> __________________________
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> Mob Attacks on Women in the Park Stun City
>
[BJ] In the field of diagnostic medicine we would call this a
cancer. It is a system that for some unknown reason goes suddenly hay-wire.
Most Cancers are a result of some disruption in the normal genetic
functioning of the cell -- a meme does not work or works over time --- I
would not pretend to find a meme in the context of the "cancer" that sprang
up in Central Park.
[BJ]
Sometimes things just happen!!!
As in the case of specific cancers --- Lung cancer for one --- a
contributing cause can be established. In this case the euphoria of a major
party atmosphere .. may have been a contributing factor, but in no way can
be said to have been THE cause. Some combination of factors and a
disruption of normal behavior patterns (memes) more than likely caused this
failure.
Bruce Jones
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