List (sorry, sent this portion once before without a reply attached),
Reply:
There seems to be some protection provided by having an external shell--a
quality I ascribe to memes. There *seems* to be a need for "control" of
mind viruses which mimic the meme-meme (but which do not have a true memetic
shell, I contend). The resolution of this difference might be met as the
meme consumes the information contained in the virus (for a virus focuses on
content instead of contextual stability, I further contend; and therefore,
the meme which consumes the viral information--in effect--provides that
virus with a context within which, due to the memetic shell, the information
is no longer dangerous to the host).
So, what I'm saying in response to Eric's post is: Emotions are a viral
"hook" which allow for infestation. Memes contain this virus within a
complex so that the information needed for an anti-virus is also passed
along to the new host; that is, while the meme hasn't yet developed which
encapsulates this virus into a stable form, the viral danger has been
neutralized through a memetic reaction which will eventually form a new
meme. And finally, "control" is probably not the operative word in
reference to viruses--"protection" is probably a more proper term...or
"neutralization", or even "utilization".
Brett
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