Subject: Re: seduction
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 98 08:54:12 -0600
From: Mark Mills <mmills@fastlane.net>
To: "Memetics List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Message-Id: <E0zFIkS-0001kF-00@dryctnath.mmu.ac.uk>
Scott,
>The fundamental process [seduction] is the same at all of these
>levels of abstraction.
In it's least offensive meaning, to seduce is to charm or attract.
>Processes of seduction are central to memetics...
I agree. For replication of a meme to occur from individual to
individual, the imagination of one individual has to be captured and
molded. Charm can certainly plays a part.
Mark
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