If thinking, or memes, are so contagious, then why don't more people think like me... or why have I not come to think like them?
Further, I can't agree that thought, or memes are contagious, or viral. Perhaps not with everybody, but I believe some people have the capacity for 'gatekeeping'... taking a thought/concept, whatever, and consciously deciding whether to accept or reject it. So what would be this mechanism in this framework?
Perhaps I question too far... the difference between conscious contemplation or flocking with the herd. *shrugs*
I do agree that it is very difficult to have an original thought... I just don't know if I'd go as far to say I could agree with meme theory.
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