Re: virus: Re: Rationality (meme make-up)

David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 10:42:50 -0700


At 09:22 AM 21/03/97 GMT, jonesr@gatwick.geco-prakla.slb.com wrote:
> From: Robin Faichney <r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk>
>>
>> Data has meaning (is information, is a meme) if it affects behaviour.

Amen :-)

>But is that the same level of meaning for everyone? Can something affect
>the behaviour of one person, whilst leaving another unchanged?

Everything within the light cone of the event is affected at some level
but the effects aren't necessarily noticable, or may take a long time
to be noticed so that the cause cannot be traced back to the event.

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