Jochen - Can you describe more about how your idea of "hidden genes" contrasts and compares to Dawkin's "memes"?
Glen (I think) has questioned the term (meme) in the past, but I don't think we ever discussed the point here? I don't know if his argument was more against Dawkins, against the use of analogy/metaphor to relate genes to memes or something yet more fundamental? I find the least-common-denominator common-usage of the term "meme" to be somewhat lame but the original term as presented by Dawkins was fairly compelling and widely applicable... but like all metaphors, it has it's limits. I'd be interested in a discussion here on that topic, and perhaps how that relates to this thread. - Steve On 4/14/20 3:28 PM, Jochen Fromm wrote: > Yes, it was not a real publisher, just a self-publishing company where > you can publish anything. I cancelled the contract because you need to > pay every year. It was a sort of trial balloon to see if anybody is > interested in the topic which I believe is quite explosive. Actually > nobody was interested. I figured that it is not that dangerous to > publish it in English if nobody is interested anyway. > > The basic idea is that there are "hidden genes" which are expressed > like normal genes. The only difference is that they are not encoded in > organic molecules and they do not create biological organisms. We know > them simply as laws, rules & commandments. They are indeed expressed > by propaganda or whenever someone preaches something, for instance if > General Patton preaches to his men that they should "do more than is > required of you". > > It explains everything from the secret of religions to the nature of > fascism (which is IMHO a form of cancer as old as civilization > itself). I believe that the deepest secrets hide in plain sight: the > most intangible mysteries are hidden in the best known daily objects > most of us have outgrown even noticing. We have stopped wondering > about things we experience every day or every week, like political > rallies, campaign speeches, ads and church services. > > -J. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: uǝlƃ ☣ <geprope...@gmail.com> > Date: 4/13/20 21:54 (GMT+01:00) > To: FriAM <friam@redfish.com> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] anthropological observations > > I presume it's this one: > > Die geheimen Gene: Das Geheimnis der Kirche und die soziale DNA > https://books.google.com/books?id=lpqUDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Jochen+Fromm%22&hl=en&source=newbks_fb > > No copies seem to be available. I also assume propaganda plays a > prominent role in your explanation. I keep wondering why Trump's > sycophants like Navarro keep claiming the Spanish Flue happened in > 1917 instead of 1918. E.g. in this clip: https://youtu.be/nSx704KK_Ik > > #5 and #6 from this list seem plausible to me: > https://theweek.com/articles/832990/6-theories-trumps-pointless-lies > > When Trump hears Navarro say "1917", it's a signal of loyalty, even if > everyone knows it's the wrong year, that he uses that year, helps > confirm his loyalty. Knowing to use "1917" instead will help me > code-switch if I find myself in a conversation with these people. If > you use "1918", they'll know you're out-group. Hypothesis #6 is only > plausible if you think Trump is an idiot. But I buy the argument put > forth here: > > Tony Norman: Who are you going to believe — POTUS or an actual expert? > https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/tony-norman/2020/04/07/1917-Donald-Trump-truth-George-Orwell-Anthony-Fauci-Peter-Navarro-hydroxychloroquine/stories/202004070017 > > Maybe it's a perverse mix of the expression of power, loyalty, and > getting the audience used to fudging the details ... encouraging the > cult members to impute the nomothetic even though it fails to fit the > idiographic. > > > On 4/13/20 11:04 AM, uǝlƃ ☣ wrote: > > Link! I should buy the German version and see if I can read some of > it. The last time I tried that was with Faust after my German II > semester in college ... terrible failure. > > > -- > ☣ uǝlƃ > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- > ... .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
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