Re: virus: Fwd: The Laws of Cargo Cult Science

Marie Foster (mfos@ieway.com)
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 08:13:29 -0700

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Richard Brodie wrote:
>
> On Monday, October 20, 1997 8:47 AM, Marie Foster [SMTP:mfos@ieway.com] wrote:
> > I have
> > wondered about the reason why people have picked a virus analogy to help
> > explain the phenomena.
>
> I picked it because it was scary; i.e., had good memes.
>
> Richard Brodie RBrodie@brodietech.com http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie
> Author, VIRUS OF THE MIND: The New Science of the Meme
> http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/votm.htm
> Visit Meme Central: http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/meme.htm

Makes sense. Attacks and threats are needed. I think of Gibrane's idea
that are children are like arrows. Once released from our bows, they
will encounter turbulence, etc.

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