Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980616102105.00c37a00@popmail.mcs.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:21:05 -0500
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
From: Aaron Lynch <aaron@mcs.net>
Subject: Re: Critical thinking in memetics
In-Reply-To: <SIMEON.9806161343.A@JM1773.livjm.ac.uk>
>On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 07:06:15 -0500 Aaron Lynch <aaron@mcs.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> My comment was about a real problem, Derek. It was not about doubting the
>> existence of Liverpool JMU. Those who list real institutions generally know
>> that they have no need to say so, even when the subject of "research
>> institutions" that exist as web or paper pages only comes up.
>
>Well, let's have a list of these bogus memeitcs institutions, then.
>I'd like to know exactly what they are so I can be appropriately wary
>when I see them.
>
>Derek
Derek,
My comments have already had positive effects on some of those involved,
and I hope to have further positive effects on others. Therefore, I will
presently withhold a complete list of those "institutions" that I have seen.
However, if you can tell me the train stop for the "Institute for Memetics
Research," I would be impressed.
--Aaron Lynch
http://www.mcs.net/~aaron/thoughtcontagion.html
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