Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id XAA27272 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sun, 24 Dec 2000 23:52:48 GMT Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 12:35:13 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: e-mail meme virus for someone who wanted it? Message-ID: <20001223123513.A1095@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20001222192334.AAA17040@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001222192334.AAA17040@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 02:24:32PM -0500 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 02:24:32PM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 12/22/00 10:43, Austin Docking said this-
>
> >Received this from a friend yesterday, which gave me a laugh. If anyone
> >would like the accompanying JPG contact me off list.
> >
> >In 1555, Nostradamus wrote:
> >
> >
> >"Come the millennium, month 12,
> >In the home of greatest power,
> >The village idiot will come forth
> >To be acclaimed the leader."
>
> And this has already been exposed as a fraud, as well.
>
> Interesting mind virus, the belief in soothsaying partnered with
> political envy....
Seems like fundamentalist skepticism shares the humo(u)r deficit of
other fundamentalist convictions. Which shouldn't surprise us.
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