RE: The Demise of a Meme

From: Gatherer, D. (Derek) (D.Gatherer@organon.nhe.akzonobel.nl)
Date: Thu Mar 22 2001 - 11:36:07 GMT

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From: "Gatherer, D. (Derek)" <D.Gatherer@organon.nhe.akzonobel.nl>
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Subject: RE: The Demise of a Meme
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:36:07 +0100
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    >Paul Kammerer (is that how you spell it?). The Lamarckian guy. Killed
    >because of the political implications of his stuff (not a suicide - the
    >hole in his temple from the bullet was in the wrong side for his
    >handedness). However this was also more a political killing, and one of
    >the very few.

    How do you explain his suicide note then? (It was published in Science -
    the only suicude note ever to make the pages of a peer-reviewed journal)

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