Re: virus: The One or the Many?

Paul Prestopnik (pjp66259@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu)
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:07:19 -0400


> Seems to me, (whoever that is) that we need a control where _there are no

> memes_, where there is no culture-motivated behavior. So- where do we
> look? I say dreams, maybe toilet-training (simple defecation being the
> control), Brett (I think it was Brett) said garments. Anyway- among these

> there is a better chance of gaining a control group.

So a control group would be a society without memes? I don't see where to
go from there.

If you are just looking for a behavior that is not controlled by memes,
maybe something controlled by genes. One of the four Fs?
paul prestopnik