RE: virus: The One or the Many? (was: META)

Robin Faichney (r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk)
Sat, 18 Oct 1997 20:26:23 +0100


> From: David McFadzean[SMTP:david@lucifer.com]
>
> I hear Brodie has a good book that explains the difference
> between memes and mind viruses (the latter being the
> expression of the former).
>
> There are some informal definitions here...
>
Thanks for the refs, but while I rearrange my schedule
to make time for reading them, could you just give me
a very brief explanation as to why a fad is not a meme,
but an expression of one? Thanks alot.

Robin