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The Limits of Epistemic Hygiene - new ribbonfarm by me, on idea contagion

The Limits of Epistemic Hygiene

Perhaps the most impressive (and measurable) achievement of technological modernity has been the drastic reduction in infectious disease mortality. It is difficult to exaggerate the magnitude of th…

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there's also the approach to bathe in so many memes that none can really infect you anymore

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also, interestingly, memetic toxoplasma thrive on antibiotics

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antimemetics in a 1972 book on magic

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8:07 PM · Mar 5, 2017Twitter Web Client

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also, old postrat thought (source: Bonewits, "Real Magic")

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the hate is undeserved imo, this is a really good taxonomy even though the names aren't right

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