From: Van oost Kenneth (kennethvanoost@belgacom.net)
Date: Thu 06 Mar 2003 - 19:51:16 GMT
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From: "Hernan Silberman" <hernan@well.com>
> If a meme is pure information, then it's transfer from one medium to
> another should adhere to the classical model of communications as
> described by Claude Shannon. A low signal-to-noise ratio could be
> responsible for the differences between the original incarnation of a meme
> and the resulting neural representation of it in your head.
Hm, what about the question about the " unconstrainness " of advertising
on TV !? If you ever see a product displayed on your screen, you never
walk out and buy it immedialety...does this count as a point of reference
for your classical model !?
What kind of noise would such unconstrainness make on its way to your
head...!?
Just wondering,
Kenneth
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