Re: virus: religion

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:33:48 -0700


Eric writes:

>To provide a concrete example of a non-meme set of ideas, I offer Euclid's
>_Elements_. This book is an all time classic of geometry, but you won't
>find yourself possessed with the urge to spread it after reading it. The
>books are very useful, but nothing in them induces a person to spread the
>word.

He said, as he spread the <read Euclid's _Elements_> meme throughout the
room.

(Ooooo, those hooks can be quite wiley ans subtle sometimes, can't they?)

-Prof. Tim