Re: virus: The Meme and the Hypothesis

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Tue, 18 Aug 1998 02:23:30 -0700


Nate Hall writes:

>It already sounds more easy to accomplish than mine and yields more
>data. I like it!

I like it too! But it'll never pass the Wade Test. There are far to many
variables that you just don't account for. Unfortunately rigor is seldom
easy.

It also has the weak point of having to rely on peoples memory of past
events, as opposed to an actual black-and-CRT-green records of their
behaviors. This problem already `cropped' up in the early diffusion studies
and has since been seen as a factor to try to avoid if at all possible in
any new studies.

-Prof.Tim