Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970926145736.0070c29c@popmail.mcs.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 14:57:36 -0500
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
From: Aaron Lynch <aaron@mcs.net>
Subject: RE: Machiavellian Memes
In-Reply-To: <01BCCA6F.99DB54C0.RBrodie@brodietech.com>
At 11:30 AM 9/26/97 -0700, Richard Brodie <RBrodie@brodietech.com> wrote:
>Yes, Church of Virus is quite a roller-coaster ride. I'm glad you've
>started to participate, if only from the pews. You realize, of course, that
>the act of reading the sermons automatically makes you a member of the
>Church. Welcome, Brother!
Wait!!! Before you "baptize" me, I should "confess" that I've been reading
the sermons from all sorts of *OTHER CHURCHES* for many years! As a
memeticist, I have a long history of paying close attention when people try
to transmit ideas to me...
----Aaron Lynch
THOUGHT CONTAGION: How Belief Spreads Through Society The New Science of Memes Basic Books. Info and free sample: http://www.mcs.net/~aaron/thoughtcontagion.html
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