From: "Richard Brodie" <richard@brodietech.com>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: astrology-talk behavior
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:05:44 -0700
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19990701124124.016dde14@popmail.mcs.net>
Good story and good timing! My next Meme Update is in fact about...
astrology!
Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com
Author, "Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme"
Free newsletter! http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/meme.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
Of Aaron Lynch
Sent: Thursday, July 1, 1999 10:41 AM
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: RE: astrology-talk behavior
A personal anecdote on this thread:
Last week, I thought I was an "Aquarius." This was not based on any hard
evidence, or even on 'lab' results. The only reason I ever accepted the
label "Aquarius" was because that's what someone born in the U.S. told me.
Several days ago, I went on a first date with a classical musician from
Japan. When she asked what day was my birthday, I told her. She then said
that I am an "Aries." She explained that this was a good sign, because she
was "Aries" too. So now I am an "Aries." Who am I to say that one strain of
astrology is superior to any other?
I think Richard might follow this reasoning...
--Aaron Lynch
http://www.mcs.net/~aaron/thoughtcontagion.html
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