A couple of years ago I was "infected" by this newspaper column written
by Mark Baldridge at the University of Nebraska. I had just stumbled on
to it totally by accident - and it's memes found fertile soil. It's what
really hooked me into studying memetics in the first place - and what's
nice is that it's written for a lay audience. A very nice piece of
memetic engineering. If you haven't seen it, take a look:
Idea Virus Infects Unsuspecting Mind
http://www.unl.edu:80/DailyNeb.arch/zzzzz/nov95/nov27/opinion/baldridge.html
-- +======================================================+ || Kevyn Jacobs || Memetic Engineer & Undergraduate in Life Studies || Kansas State University, 915 Moore Hall, || Manhattan, Kansas, USA, North America, Earth, || Sol III, Saggitarius Arm, Milky Way Galaxy, GOD, || 66505-0535. || http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kevyn/ =======================================================+ || "Can memes be smiles? || Can smiles be memes? || We do infect each other || with our feelings, || so it seems." +===========================+