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It's almost impossible for one paradigm to imagine that there will even be a next one. The people of the Middle ages didn't think of themselves as being in the "middle" of anything at all. As far as they were concerned, the way they were living was the way people would be living till the end of time. Beyond Civilization

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UNIT 8 The Meme in the New World

What is the function of ballast in a ship?
Have students compare Quinn's presentation of the Olmec and Teotihuacán to presentations found in a standard reference work.

Who would be the likely inhabitants of a ruined city and how they might live?
Have students compare Quinn's presentation of the Hohokam and the Anasazi to presentations found in a standard reference work.

From what you've learned about these New World civilizations, which would you find most and least attractive to live in if you were a worker? If you were a ruler?

In the section titled "Vision: success without programs," Quinn used Occam's Razor to "cut away" the angel in the story of the dissolving salt. What does he "cut away" in this section using the same razor? [The notion that the Maya, the Olmec, and so on might have been "whisked away in flying saucers."] On the basis of these two examples, what do you think the function of Occam's Razor is?

In the television series "The X-Files," which of the two investigators is constantly trying to force the other to employ Occam's Razor?

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