From: "Aaron Agassi" <agassi@erols.com>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: astrology-talk behavior
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 15:41:58 -0400
In-Reply-To: <NBBBIIDKHCMGAIPMFFPJAEKEDEAA.richard@brodietech.com>
Perhaps all hogwash is equal. Cut the crap!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
> Of Richard Brodie
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 2:06 PM
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: RE: astrology-talk behavior
>
>
> 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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