Re: virus: Shamanism (was: How does one pay for this?)

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Sat, 9 Aug 97 19:26:57 -0400

>> I'm not sure that it is entirely possible to do in an objective
>> manner. Shamanism is extremely subjective, be it our culture or
>> others, and the term itself is entirely open to interpretation.

Aye, and there's a rub.

I don't think an objective examination is implausible however. It is
precisely these sorts of cultural ideospheres which I thought memetics
could begin to handle.

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