Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id MAA25012 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:03:05 GMT Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745C27@inchna.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Labels for memes Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:01:55 -0000 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>>Have there been any cases of memetic rebellion where such
deliberately
>>engineered memes decide to turn on their masters? If so, what?
If not,
>>what tricks do memetic engineers use to keep their memes in line?
<Bill, what do you mean, 'turn on their masters'? Do you mean that
the effect
> of th ememe was counter to what its launcher intended -- that it
> backfired?
> or are you thinking that a meme 'mutated' in some way during the course of
> its dissemination and that the mutated meme then harmed the interests of
> the
launcher?>
Well there was the George "subliminable" Bush campaign ad abouts
bureaucRATS. But that may just be that it was a dumb idea in the first
place....
Vincent
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