Re: virus: Rationality

Alex Williams (thantos@decatl.alf.dec.com)
Sat, 1 Mar 1997 19:34:39 -0500 (EST)


> Thanks for carring the torch for us, but the fact that we have to keep
> asking for definitions and re-defining our own statements has made most of
> us painfully aware of this already.

The `why' of such things are the grist of the subject for me right
now, as a memeticist. Why does communication breakdown? How can I
predict how communication might break down, and take steps to improve
the protocol or CRC-check the encoded intended signal? These are
fairly important things that don't oft get explored in memetics.