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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 08:08:11 -0700
From: Mario Vaneechoutte <Mario.Vaneechoutte@rug.ac.be>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: [Fwd: Quaker Cornflakes]
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Henry, Rex asked me to forward this correction to the list.
>
> Mario,
> You recently wrote:
> > Except for one question: 'Man descends from ape'. I had answered
> > 'right', but the cross was in the 'Wrong' column.
> >
> > ???
> >
> > When I told this during the coffee break at our lab, someone said: of
> > course, you had Quaker cornflakes!!
> >
> > What an ingenious way to spread a meme: hiding your creationist
> > message
> > between 19 correctly answered 'scientific' statements, offering it as
> > a
> > toy, presenting it to children, on a packet of food! Richard, this
> > beats
> > all the tricks you presented! Quakers are really smart for being
> > creationists.
>
> Quakers are non-credal. They have no formal beliefs. Evolution vs.
> creationism is left to the individual to resolve. Additionally, there
> is no connection between those who call themselves Quakers, or Friends,
> and the commercial brand name, Quaker. Efforts to pursuade the
> commercial company from using the brand name have so far been fruitless.
> However, you are correct about one thing, Quakers are "really smart".
> :)
>
> Please pass this along to your list. Thank you.
>
> Rex Henry
Thanks for this correction. So, could the creationist answer to the
statement have simply been a typing error after all? That it is just
this question seems very coincidental. Whodunit?
-- Mario Vaneechoutte Laboratory Bacteriology & Virology Blok A, De Pintelaan 185 University Hospital Ghent Belgium 9000 Ghent Tel: +32 9 240 36 92 Fax: +32 9 240 36 59 E-mail: Mario.Vaneechoutte@rug.ac.be Editor J. Memetics: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit--------------35A87AF31F44 Content-type: message/rfc822
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Mario, You recently wrote: > Except for one question: 'Man descends from ape'. I had answered > 'right', but the cross was in the 'Wrong' column. > > ??? > > When I told this during the coffee break at our lab, someone said: of > course, you had Quaker cornflakes!! > > What an ingenious way to spread a meme: hiding your creationist > message > between 19 correctly answered 'scientific' statements, offering it as > a > toy, presenting it to children, on a packet of food! Richard, this > beats > all the tricks you presented! Quakers are really smart for being > creationists.
Quakers are non-credal. They have no formal beliefs. Evolution vs. creationism is left to the individual to resolve. Additionally, there is no connection between those who call themselves Quakers, or Friends, and the commercial brand name, Quaker. Efforts to pursuade the commercial company from using the brand name have so far been fruitless. However, you are correct about one thing, Quakers are "really smart". :)
Please pass this along to your list. Thank you.
Rex Henry
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