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  3. September 2001

RE: REAL VIRUS

Ken wrote:

> The top level URL for the paper is:

It's a good, sensible paper. However, it contains the assertion:

    "As 1997 begins, we've seen several virus alerts. None of them were
     real. And all of them were probably driven by a previously unwritten
     law of human nature. This newly-discovered theory explains how ideas
     are able to travel faster than the speed of thought."

Actually it was not a new theory in 1997. Richard Dawkins coined the term
"meme" for a self-replicating idea over 20 years ago in his book "the
Selfish Gene". Internet virus hoaxes are excellent examples of memes.

Dave...
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