Re: MEMETICS: Humor (was The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)

From: Sunah.Caroline.Cherwin@pobox.com
Date: Wed Jan 22 1997 - 19:17:37 MST

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>But can humor also, like art generally, *encourage* the propagation of memes?
> Or does it only create meme antibodies?
>
Well, humor generally (I would like to say 'always') encourages new
juxtapositions and different perspectives. Is there a way for memes to be
propagated in the absence of such phenomena?

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