RE: virus: "We will fight to defend the honor of our rocks!"

Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
Fri, 26 Mar 1999 08:26:21 -0800

Eric wrote:

<<I didn't say we weren't violent in nature -- I said that violence is a
learned strategy for problem solving. As evidence of the memetic nature of <violence as a problem solver>, I would cite the studies which show that children of violent parents grow up to be violent themselves...>>

Do you mean step-children? Otherwise why isn't this evidence of the GENETIC nature of violent tendencies?

Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com
Author, "Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme" Free newsletter! http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/meme.htm