Re: Memetics IS a cult

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Sun, 14 Feb 1999 23:20:54 -0800

From: "Tim Rhodes" <proftim@speakeasy.org>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Memetics IS a cult
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 23:20:54 -0800

Paul Blaising wrote:

>This Word came first, and Richard showed how to apply it to memetics
itself.
>Memetics IS a cult. The Church of Virus is its church, Virus of the Mind
its
>Bible, and Richard Brodie its Prophet!

I do not agree. I suspect you've taken several things more seriously than
they have been intended by their creators. You've bought into the medium,
but ignored the message.

(But I guess that's how most religions begin, regrettably.)

-Tim Rhodes

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