Thought Contagion

Author: Aaron Lynch
Edition: Pbk. Ed
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0465084672

Thought Contagion

Fans of Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Bennet, and Richard Dawkins (as well as science buffs and readers of Wired Magazine) will revel in Aaron Lynch's groundbreaking examination of memeticsAthe new study of how ideas and beliefs spread. Get Thought Contagion diet books 2013 for free.
What characterizes a meme is its capacity for displacing rival ideas and beliefs in an evolutionary drama that determines and changes the way people think. Exactly how do ideas spread, and what are the factors that make them genuine thought contagions? Why, for instance, do some beliefs spread throughout society, while others dwindle to extinction? What drives those intensely held beliefs that spawn ideological and political debates such as views on abortion and opinions about sex and sexuality?By draw Check Thought Contagion our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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