Re: virus: To Panic Or Not ... That is the question ...

Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 2 Apr 1998 09:03:33 +0100

Nate writes
>
>I
>believe Brodie described fear as a mechanism for infection ... i.e. The
>statistic "every second another acre of Rain Forest is destroyed" infects
>someone with an ecology meme ... but this type of infection doesn't seem as
>serious as the more rational vectors like Eco-tourism or cost/benefit
>analysis.

But isn't fear sometimes the most appropriate response to
a situation? Or, as I think David would put it: isn't
fear sometimes rational?

And what does "serious" mean there anyway?

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Robin Faichney
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