Gestalt

I had my first experience of this phenomena when I first went to college (Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy). I studied philosophy. The gists of the courses were not new to me; I had already encountered just about every idea perpetuated in the field through my book-a-day science fiction habit. (True substance abuse). They had permeated through our culture, our politics.

It's an interesting phenomena. Not too many people have actually read the texts, even people who have studied them; (a lot of course revolve around second hand critique); how do they spread? Where is the mneumetic conversation taking place? It often precedes publication. Darwin published his treatise on evolution when he did because he knew some-one else was going to publish the same notions.

Be carefull what you say on the bus...