Re: Wade's hammer

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Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:24:57 -0800
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    From: Jeremy Bradley

    > I do not see, and I think that Aaron has also shifted position on this in
    the
    > last few years, that a meme is merely a contagious thought. Thought
    > contagion is more like a virus which can enter the body of culture and
    > establish itself by the use of one or more strategies.
    [...]
    > As a 'tool', as I have intimated before, memetics may be used to expose
    false
    > doctrines (viruses) which have been inserted into our cultural
    thoughtscape
    > by those with vested interests in cultural supremacy (such as colonizers
    of
    > the territory, spirituality or finances of 'Others'). Even such notions as
    > 'Might-is-Right', obviously incorrect, is not then a meme but a 'virus'.

    Why can't there be viral memes? Some memes promote culture, while others
    promote cults of power. Some memes contribute to the social body, while
    others only make it sick. Either way, ideas have their own internal
    momentum. True or false, they tend to propagate.

    Ted Dace

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