Re: virus: Newsweek - Science finds God

Hakeeb A. Nandalal (nanco@trinidad.net)
Mon, 03 Aug 1998 06:30:12 +0000


Eric Boyd wrote:

> Interestingly, David Deutsche maintains that coercion is ONLY effective
> inside a *tradition* -- e.g. a religious tradition, or the traditional
> educational system. From a memetic point of view, this makes perfect sense
> as those meme-complexes have evolved over time to BE effective; and any
> chance application of coercion by inexperienced humans is unlikely to be as
> effective.

David Duchovny maintains "The truth is out there."

(I'm in my Monday morning screw-around mood).

H.

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