From: "David McFadzean" <morpheus@lucifer.com> To: <virus@lucifer.com> Subject: Re: virus: Maxims Date sent: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:44:11 -0600 Send reply to: virus@lucifer.com
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tim Rhodes <proftim@speakeasy.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 8:28 PM
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> > Obviously, "What the hell is this Level thing you guys keep agruing over?"
> needs
> > to be on the list. Along with "What is a meme?", "What's wrong with
> believing
> > in God?" and "Why a religion then?"
>
What about, "Why is our root metaphor for memes viruses rather
than genes?"
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> Excellent start. I'm going to be away on business (in Houston) for the next
> week but I will try to keep in touch via my hotmail account.
>
> For what it's worth, I fully support KMO's maxim initiative. It might be
> interesting to cast it in terms of a game of Nomic.
>
> David
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