Re: Knowledge, Memes and Sensory Perception

From: Keith Henson (hkhenson@cogeco.ca)
Date: Tue Jan 15 2002 - 09:16:49 GMT

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    At 01:56 AM 15/01/02 -0500, you wrote:

    >On Tuesday, January 15, 2002, at 01:09 , Keith Henson wrote:
    >
    >>As a result of it, phrenology is a relatively unpopular meme because it
    >>was subjected to the scientific method and found wanting.

    snop

    >As for why phrenology is not more popular in this day of feng shui, your
    >guess is as good as mine.

    I said why just above. Phrenology tried to become a meme within the
    collection of science memes. It failed to pass the test. Ergo.

    Keith Henson

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