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

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    > But, what is _seen_ as suicidal depression is what was being studied.
    >
    > Yes?
    >
    > - Wade

    Yes, AND what subjects reported as suicidal depression.
    The implications of contagious suicidal depression make the study worthwhile,
    IMO, and if the research is flawed, then do it over.

    Stay hungry,

    --J. R.

    Useless hypotheses:
     consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
    analog computing, cultural relativism

         Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
         but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
         (Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)

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