Re: virus: What makes memes compete?

Corey A. Cook (COOKCORE@esuvm.emporia.edu)
Mon, 14 Apr 97 14:38:58 CT


Reed wrote:
>It is only very recently that people could learned to read
>to themselves.

[1]What makes you say that? Is this a stable fact, or an illumination?
[2]How recently? The last century, the last millenium, the last
five millenium... How long?
[3]Does this mean that until recently, _nobody_ could read to
themselves, or that a statistically small number could while
the majority couldn't?

Jus' wonderin'.

Corey A. Cook
cookcore@esuvm.emporia.edu

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