Re: virus: Isomorphing

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:14:32 -0700


Eric wrote:

>As to the relation of this thought experiment to meaning as isomorphism, he
>doesn't seem to mention it (it's handy having the book on hand, eh?).

And having read it recently helps too, I suspect.

BTW (and completely off the subject), does anyone know of a good program for
finding and counting occurences of words and phrases in a piece or pieces of
text? It struck me that I had just typed, "..., I suspect" only to find
that Eric's next line was:

>I suspect, however, that it applies in full...

I, once again, suspect--that one could find evidence of memetic replication
of phrases or turns of speech within the archives of this very list if one
possessed the proper tools. Anyone know what those tools might be?

-Prof. Tim