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Zeus? Did I miss something?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
> Wade T.Smith
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 11:15 AM
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> Subject: RE: Cichlids & Memes
>
>
> On 09/10/01 07:59, Lawrence DeBivort said this-
>
> >I would also think that memeticists, if
> >anyone, would be generally predisposed to MR-type thinking (e.g.
> due to the
> >dissemination and latent survival of memes)
>
> The fact we all don't call our gods 'Zeus' (and have to turn to Disney
> movies) would tend, I think, to discourage even memeticists (a
> fuzzy-headed bunch sometimes, yes?) to predispose to such magical
> thinking.
>
> - Wade
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