Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA20080 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 3 Jun 2000 19:17:15 +0100 Subject: Re: Jabbering ! Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 14:14:42 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "Memetics Discussion List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20000603181441.AAA18879@camailp.harvard.edu@[204.96.32.161]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Chuck made this comment not too long ago --
>So in a sense, a good deal of the behaviors that are in
>fact learned are preordained by the human brain that will do the identical
>calculations in identical environments.
But, as one of my teachers used to say, "All things being equal, (which
they never are....)"
we are faced with the non-identity of all situations.
And then there's Time....
- Wade
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