Re: virus: Re: Machiavellian Memes

Dan Plante (dplante@home.com)
Thu, 14 May 1998 22:45:43 -0700

At 04:50 PM 5/14/98 -0600, David McFadzean wrote:
>At 03:38 PM 5/14/98 -0700, Eva-Lise Carlstrom wrote:
>
>>I don't find mention of Aaron Lynch's work included in the recommended
>>list; of course, I don't know whether it ever was. David, is his work
>
>It never was on the Virus recommended reading list, only because
>the list hasn't been updated in ages.
>
>>mentioned elsewhere on the website?

Hmmmmm. His work really /should/ be on the recommended reading list.

Although I haven't read "Thought Contagion", I did read his paper
titled "Units, Events and Dynamics in Memetic Evolution" a few days
ago at http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit/1998/vol2/lynch_a.html

While I have a few questions for him regarding some assumptions he
made, the work overall is lucid, logical and relevant. If you think
an exacting treatment of the concept upon which all of CoV is built
is important, you should read it. Read it with an open mind, but not
an empty one.

Dan