I suggest the word "position" for a belief adopted because of its utility.
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From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com]On Behalf
Of David McFadzean
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 2:22 PM
To: virus@lucifer.com; virus@lucifer.com
Subject: Re: virus: pale religious lechery
At 04:14 PM 3/9/99 -0800, Eva-Lise Carlstrom wrote:
>"I consider it well-supported by evidence that..."
>"I find it useful to believe that..."
I don't think the phrases will have the intended effect. How far would the <meme> meme have gone if Dawkins hadn't bothered to create a new word for it (as opposed to, say, "unit of cultural selection")?
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/