Re: Is Suicide Contagious? A Case Study in Applied Memetics

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 12 2001 - 18:39:54 BST

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Subject: Re: Is Suicide Contagious? A Case Study in Applied Memetics
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:39:54 -0400
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    On 04/12/01 13:24, J. R. Molloy said this-

    >The phenomenon of suicide contagion is demonstrated
    >experimentally.

    From my reading of this paper, it is not suicide contagion that is
    demonstrated (what a debacle of ethical research _that_ would be!!), but
    _the perception of suicidal tendencies_ that is being experimented upon
    and demonstrated herein.

    In short, an example of intentionally primed observation, long known
    among magicians and conmen. This is a well-known effectual tool.

    - Wade

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