Monday, April 27, 2009
VIRUS
What is a virus? Here's a diagram of the flu virus, but think about virus as a concept, as something that attacks, latches on, takes over. Think about viral videos, starting out small, then multiplying exponentially as people email friends and family with the news of something funny or shocking. When a computer virus hits, we go into action to protect our computers. When a flu virus hits, people stop interacting, start washing hands more, stop kissing hello if they are in Mexico City, or wear masks. In some cases, governments keep people from travelling if there is a medical threat. There are quarantines in place all over the world. Are viruses only bad? Could an idea infect your mind and begin spreading to your conscious thoughts and actions? I think so. Why do some ideas disappear? Why do others take off like a weed or virus? Think about some idea you have had, either from reading on your own or frombeing in a class or from life itself, and think about how that idea began to influence your ideas. Can you think of such a moment? Was it a mental virus that you caught? What happened? 
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A virus is a antigen that uses your cells to multiply and infect its host, at least that is the definition of one that attacks living organisms.
ReplyDeleteive never caught a mental virus... but i can explain... the HA"hemagglutinin" if the purple molecules brake off... those are small enough to enter your brain cells which it can create an reaction somehow that can cause you to do things out the ordinary.... but this very rarely happens.. this happens when yo don't cure the virus...
ReplyDeletewoah, gabe, way to go all sciency on the blog. Would that be chemistry, nuerology, or what?
ReplyDeletei cant think of a moment when ive had an idea like that, but it is crazy how other things react like a virus or a chain reaction, such as quarantining places and protecting our computers. i believe that people getting scared for all of these different situations starts somewhat of a situational virus.
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