RE: Memetic vulnerability: was: Faking It

From: Vincent Campbell (v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jul 20 2001 - 11:13:41 BST

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    Then of course there's kin selection, so you'll tolerate and do things for
    relatives, reciprocal alturism where you'll do something for your neighbour
    if there's a good chance of something in return for you, otherwise, everyone
    else is competition to, very generally speaking, be aggressive towards.

    Vincent

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    > From: Wade T.Smith
    > Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 8:54 pm
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    > Subject: Re: Memetic vulnerability: was: Faking It
    >
    > Kenneth Van Oost -
    >
    > >Racism is the (a) 'true centre' of a system, its central point.
    >
    > I've always assumed tribalism was more of the center - territorialism.
    > And I've come to this mostly because animals don't give too much of a
    > shit about things other than their local turf, and because the outsider
    > is usually an enemy. So the tribe is the important family to protect, and
    > one's location in the tribe is ego territory.
    >
    > But, it is a big, innate, mix.
    >
    > Evolution and culture feeds it all as well as demanding most of the table.
    >
    > - Wade
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