Re: virus: Re: The saga continues!
Nathaniel Hall (natehall@lgcy.com)
Wed, 17 Sep 1997 08:48:10 -0600
Nathaniel Hall wrote:
>
> Tim Rhodes wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> >
> > > And OK, then, my question is, has anyone attempted to experimentally
> > > determine the existence of memes to anything close to the degree of the
> > > experimental determination (the proof) of genes?
> > >
> > > And why not?
> > >
> > > Others on the other memetics list (strangely quiescent recently) have
> >
> > > asked the same question. To me, all 'memetic engineering' is useless
> > > without the mechanism, and more than futile academic hand-waving until
> > > such mechanism is actually found. Like some of us have all said, until
> > > then, it's marketing, advertising, brain-washing, politics, etc.... Until
> > > we have a rose to call a rose, whatever it is goes by some other name....
> >
> > Can we use this forum to come up with such an experiment? (I tossed in my
> > two cents worth a couple months ago, you may recall) Should we start a
> > thread for just that purpose?
> >
> > -Prof. Tim
> Both of you already have been the unwittings dupes of a meme experiment!
> Look at the title of this E-mail. It is my most sucessful infection. I
> have been attempting systematicly to hijack all of the titles. Some I
> stayed out of becuase It would have been obvious that this was my evil
> goal! Ha! Ha! Perhaps I should have waited until my takeout was complete
> but you fellows are too clever I think for my evil plan to have reached
> total domination!
> The Nateman