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At 11:48 AM 24/11/00 -0800, Scott Chase wrote:
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>I can see that ideas can be contagious, but going overboard on pathogen
analogies makes me wonder when an analogy ceases to inform thought and
begins clouding reality. When one starts thinking in terms of viral coats
and all that, though these sort of analogies could be fruitful, there's a
time for sobriety too. Maybe some ideas could have a superficial "trojan
horse" layer to them with the deadlier components hidden within to sit
latently until later when they come to the forefront and attack a weakened
host. This probably describes a very small portion of general human
behavior though.
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"Trojan Horse": could this not describe religion, politics and need
producing advertising?
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