RE: The pace of change

From: Virginia Bowen (vbowen@bowenconsulting.net)
Date: Wed 20 Nov 2002 - 05:24:00 GMT

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    But all this points out one distinct thing that bugs me - we're *all* looking at this from a HUMAN point of view...and quite obviously, not all of nature is human. In fact, quite a tiny portion of it is!

    So are memes a human creation or are they a thing distinct and separate from it? If the latter, then we need to look at it all from a different viewpoint (the viewpoint of the memes, specifically).

    Virginia

    Murrieta, CA

    "My treasures do not clink together nor glitter. They gleam in the sun and bray in the night."

    -----Original Message----- From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf Of Jeremy Bradley Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 8:43 PM To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: The pace of change

    At 08:13 PM 19/11/02 -0800, you wrote:
    >
    >One thing I've noticed about humans is that for all of our intelligence
    >we're pretty good at deceiving ourselves. If we see a fact we don't want
    to
    >believe, we simply refuse to believe it. So far, machines don't have that
    >luxury. Belief is not a part of their system.
    >
    >Grant
    >>
    I don't think that intelligence is either. Intelligence is, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder. This is the problem with the AI project. Can you imagine how hard it would be to create a universally acclaimed artificial beauty? Jeremy

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