Re: virus: Freethought; Scientology

David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Sun, 25 Jan 1998 15:45:11 -0700


At 07:03 PM 1/24/98 -0500, Eric Boyd wrote:

>A <I>meme</I> is a unit of information in a mind whose existence influences
>events such that more copies of itself get created in other mind. --
>Richard Brodie, _Virus of the Mind; the New Science of the Meme_

This is what I (and I suspect most Virions) usually mean by "meme".

>Here is my recommended memetic page of the month:
>
>http://www.scientology.org/

I read Dianetics some time ago to study the memes involved. I could
not believe how popular it is considering how bad it is, which makes
it all the more fascinating.

What would you say are the bait, threat and hook of Scientology?

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