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For my 2 cents, I would say Mr. Bloom's works are not primarily scientific, nor even philosophical, but political. From previous correspondence with the author, I am aware that he is a committed Zionist. In these terms, he is attempting to build a Golem, using... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4121 Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:14:24 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4127/t/Raising-Little-Monsters.html Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys (details in "recommendations" section) and Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children, has found an interesting,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jeremy1952) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4127 Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:18:07 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4110/t/Who-is-Howard-Bloom-.html BookTalk Members

The following information might help us all gain a better understanding of Howard Bloom, his background, credentials and a bit about who he is on a personal level. I am pulling this off www.howardbloom.net/.

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feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4110 Tue, 17 Dec 2002 09:58:35 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4108/t/Open-Letter-to-Book-Talk.html The Lucifer Principle and am not sure my attendance is such a good idea. To put it bluntly, The Lucifer Principle and Global Brain are teleological garbage.

We - the scientific community and lay... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jeremy1952) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4108 Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:40:44 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4120/t/Memes.html

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The concept is that of the meme. When Bloom is discussing the evolution of societal systems, he's *not* just talking about the Darwinian evolution of the genetic replicator, but of the Darwinian evolution of the replicator known as the meme. Its a huge, huge difference.

The meme is a seperate entity from the gene, even if they go hand-in-hand much of the time. The meme is an idea that is able... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4120 Thu, 28 Nov 2002 12:56:24 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4117/t/Anyone-else-finished-reading-the-book-.html
That seems to me to be one of the basic conundrums of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4117 Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:25:06 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4105/t/Le-Pacte-des-Loups.html Brotherhood of the Wolf, to readers of The Lucifer Principle. If it were a true story it could have been a chapter from the book. Disturbing and enlightening. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jeremy1952) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4105 Sun, 24 Nov 2002 15:45:42 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4109/t/PLEASE-help-write-this-email-message-everyone-.html BookTalk Members:

I need to write a brief email to be sent to the 232 people on Howard Bloom's contact list. Some of you are great writers and could easily help word this nicely. This is a VERY important project guys. We could easily gain many new members, so please spend some time and help me.

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feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4109 Mon, 18 Nov 2002 01:23:33 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4119/t/Homeopathy.html feeds@yuku.com (Jeremy1952) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4119 Sat, 16 Nov 2002 20:52:51 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4113/t/Biblical-question.html
Bloom says that Lucifer was an idea invented around 200AD. Is this true? Does that, then, make the serpent in the Garden just that, a serpent?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (ZachSylvanus) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4113 Sat, 09 Nov 2002 19:31:28 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4122/t/What-is-an-organism-.html An organism is such a common concept that it can be taken for granted, no?

But, I'm hard pressed to give a good or robust definition, and Bloom doesn't provide a definition for me (at least not in the pages I've read so far); yet it seems a critical thing to understand given the fact that he lists... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4122 Sat, 09 Nov 2002 13:57:12 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4114/t/The-Principle.html "It's getting uncommonly easy to kill people in large numbers, and the first thing a principle does - if it is really a principle - is to kill someone." -Dorothy L. Sayers

That quote opens The Chinese Cultural Revolultion chapter, and my immediate reaction was: Yeah, no doubt... So who does the Lucifer Principle kill?

It may be a bit premature to start a discussion on what the Lucifer Principle is, its... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/4114 Fri, 08 Nov 2002 15:17:41 GMT