From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Wed 16 Oct 2002 - 22:37:41 GMT
On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at 05:28 , joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
> what would be for one of them an
> instance of 'behaving' might well be an instance of something else for
> any others
Completely true in cultures, as well. (I could not grasp what seems to
be your main argument.)
> the kinds of behaviors that require the
> previous internalization of a neuronal excitation pattern
Any and all behaviors require this. How, in your model, can we find the
'memetic' patterns?
In 'something else' cultural situations, the meme would not be
replicated, as no-one would have any clue what it was or where it came
from.
> The memetic performance of the song 'She's So Fine"
> subconsciously mutated in George Harrison's brain into the
> recognizable similar "My Sweet Lord"
I'm in no way denying the similarity. I am denying the identity, or the
meme-as-behavior-only model would. It is not that _a_ meme mutated, but
that a melody was repeated in the _next_ meme in the chain. Some of the
DNA was stolen, as an analog. Some of the parts of the transmission were
taken from a Cadillac factory and used in a Dodge factory.
> a doctrine of universal difference in the face of obvious and
> ubiquitous token/type class set similarity.
Unfortunately, I am not acquainted with token/type class sets, and
cannot answer or defend or contend your statement, but, I think it is a
false representation of my stance.
> OMMMMMMMM!
As is that.
- Wade
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