Re: virus: May the best meme win?

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 09:51:00 -0600 (CST)


On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Chelstad, Erik wrote:

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> Classification is one thing, but using a number based "level"
> system tries to show a goal oriented evolution.
> Anyone care to postulate a goal?
> Maybe a flat intellectual landscape based on a long tradition
> of linear thought and "clear, logical thinking?"

Actually, the number-based "level" system *directly* caters to the long
tradition of linear thought and "clear, logical thinking".

My work greatly benefits from nonlinear thought; it's difficult to find
the answers linearly, even if they have to be written up that way.

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