Re: virus: META: a rule for the list

Sodom (sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Sat, 18 Oct 1997 14:49:51 -0400


Brett Lane Robertson wrote:
>
> Brett,
> This one rocks, The military analogy is excellent. The last paragraph
> gives me an idea about the "Social Organism". In another thread, we were
> trying to decide if we should study memes on the group, or individual
> level. What is a social group acts like a single brain, and an entirely
> different large meme now exists. Maybe like cells in the brain, people
> in a group form a legitimate "group mind" with it's own own will
> external to that of the individuals. (pretty metaphysical for me)
>
> Sodom
>
> List, scary as hell if you ask me!
>
> Brett
>
> Returning,
> rBERTS%n
> Rabble Sonnet Retort
> Everyone must row with the oars he has.
>
> English proverb
>
Can it explaiun behavior, and can it be tested?

Sodom