Re: Debunking pseudoscience: Why horoscopes really work

From: Philip A.E. Jonkers (phae@uclink.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2001 - 00:48:36 GMT

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From: "Philip A.E. Jonkers" <phae@uclink.berkeley.edu>
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Subject: Re: Debunking pseudoscience: Why horoscopes really work
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:48:36 -0800
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    Hi Kenneth,
    > 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.

    Why don't you first read the reference I mentioned earlier on feral children?

    http://www.btinternet.com/~neuronaut/webtwo_features_feral_kids.htm

    And perhaps we'll talk again then.

    Philip.

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