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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh
From a purely gamist perspective, the use of a Memetics Talent to represent training in memetics aiding that skill list partially steps on the toes of other social Talents and Charisma.
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And?
The Talent of Smooth Operator steps on the toes of Charisma, too. But the theory is that they have different foundations: Charisma is a natural gift for face to face interaction and force of personality, but Smooth Operator is skill in managing communications and messages, especially those with persuasive intent. Memetics has still a different foundation, sort of like writing virus code for the human brain.
That was why Dorotea Castro was potentially terrifying: She could interact with you face to face, pick up where your mind's back doors were, and change what you thought and felt without your being conscious of it. It was kind of a low end superpower, but that's what it was.
Bill Stoddard