The Terrorist Meme

Interesting piece by Matthew Parris in The Times today. I find the idea of memes ("viruses of the mind") fascinating. Even if the meme hypothesis turns out to be false, some of the points that Parris makes are very valid. For example, while the vast majority of would-be terrorists are deluded and disaffected males dreaming their fantasies, we would do well to remember that hiding in amongst their number is the real thing. The trick is to be able to identify and isolate them from the false positives.