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How are you using the term, 'weeding'?
- Lawrence
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
> Of Pascal Jouxtel
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 4:00 AM
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: La memetique a-t-elle change votre vie / Has memetics changed
> your life ?
>
>
> Hello, friends.
>
> My name is Pascal. I am a french memeticist (are their any others
> ?). I try
> to write as good an english as I can, but if any of you are
> french-speaking,
> (as I have noticed Vincent is, on the Bourdieu issue), they might
> occasionnally help me convey some subtleties. The job I live on
> (since I am
> not a university researcher) is consulting for large companies, and
> especially fostering mass cultural and behavioral changes. But this is not
> today's issue.
>
> I would like to make a quick survey among people interested in
> memetics. If
> you care to give a short answer, this will allow me to make the question
> more precise.
>
> My hypothesis is that once you start thinking memetics, your world view
> cannot be the same anymore. If you follow Susan Blackmore's
> reasoning, your
> idea of the self is changed. If you follow Richard Brodie (Hi, Richard if
> you are reading this) it even can lead you to a further
> development of your
> personality.
> You probably have noticed that most authors on the subject end their books
> by a very dizzying 'facing-mirrors-like' reflexion about 'how we are going
> to live, now that we know '.
>
> So to come to the point, my question is :
>
> 'Since you started to know about memetics, how has your inner
> life changed ?
> Do you behave differently ? Do you relate to others differently ? Do you
> practice 'weeding' ?'
>
> Thank you for any contributions.
> Pascal
> A bientot sur / see you soon on
> www.contagions.com (french memetics website)
> Tell your friends / parlez-en à vos amis
>
>
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