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From: "Kenneth Van Oost" <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be>
> Just for the record, In Brussels along (1999) between 800 and 1100
> yougsters tried to commit suicide. The age was between 12 and 19.
Aren't those the ages when peer pressure prevails?
Memes are the medium of exchange in peer groups.
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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