Re: Selfish meme?

From: Grant Callaghan (grantc4@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 25 2002 - 14:58:28 GMT

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    >Subject: Re: Selfish meme?
    >Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 08:13:42 GMT+00:00
    >
    > >When used deceptively or equivocally, words can foster >rampant Enronism
    >in
    > >the sciences.
    >
    >Really? That's a very dark, pessimistic philosophy. Fortunately it's not
    >true, or science would grind to a halt.
    >
    Just another way of saying a word can be used for whatever the user wants to
    use it for.

    Grant

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