Fw: Debunking pseudoscience: Why horoscopes really work

From: Kenneth Van Oost (Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be)
Date: Sun Nov 18 2001 - 07:19:08 GMT

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Kenneth Van Oost <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be>
    To: memetics <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 12:06 AM
    Subject: Fw: Debunking pseudoscience: Why horoscopes really work

    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: Kenneth Van Oost <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be>
    > To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 9:41 PM
    > Subject: Re: Debunking pseudoscience: Why horoscopes really work
    >
    >
    > >
    > > ----- Original Message -----
    > > From: Dace <edace@earthlink.net>
    > > To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:38 PM
    > > Subject: Re: Debunking pseudoscience: Why horoscopes really work
    > >
    > > Hi Philip, Dace,
    > > I did not quite follow the discussion between you two, but this sprung
    > out,
    > >
    > > > And what is it, precisely, that's being acknowledged and talked to?
    > Your
    > > > discussion is predicated on the actuality of some kind of entity that
    > > > pre-exists the development of the self-plex (ego).
    > >
    > > From my conception of memetics that is not all a strange statement.
    > > Why can 't the ego, the self- plex not be predicated by some elements,
    > > entities !?
    > > In my point of view, memes will do the trick nicely, in the
    understanding
    > > of course that memetic information is than already present, before the
    > > development of the self- plex.
    > > A kind of a memetic isomorphism, containing fundamental building blocks
    > > of one character ( memes) can be present long before the development
    > > of the self- plex itself.
    > > It rests to be seen how and to what extend that information is used in
    > > order to built one's self- plex.
    > >
    > > IMO, we can 't exclude the possibility for a kind of entity, whatever
    > > that might turn out to be. Only memetical speaking of course.
    > >
    > > Regards,
    > >
    > > Kenneth
    > >
    > >
    >

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