Re: virus: Manipulation Lesson 12

Martz (martz@martz.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 24 Feb 1997 21:43:44 +0000

On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, David McFadzean <morpheus@lucifer.com> wrote:

>Wouldn't it make more sense to call memes that spread well 'successful' and
>ones
>that didn't 'unsuccesful'? That way we could talk about successful bad
>memes
>to describe ones we don't agree with that happen to have proliferated
>(e.g. neocheating :) and unsuccessful good memes that we are working to
>spread (e.g. critical thinking).

Sounds sensible, but how do we stop people using 'good' and 'bad' and
confusing us all?

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Martz
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