Re: memetics-digest V1 #1294

From: Van oost Kenneth (kennethvanoost@belgacom.net)
Date: Sat 08 Mar 2003 - 21:21:13 GMT

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    ----- Original Message ----- From: <joedees@bellsouth.net>
    > > From: "Alan Patrick" <a.patrick@btinternet.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.
    SNIP
    > >
    > > Why should the meme need adjustments to fit in one's head !?
    > > I do think this process works the other way round, that is the already
    > > existing memes will be influenced by the newbie.
    > >
    > > What can be, is that pieces of the initial info- spam of with the '
    > > meme ' is part is cut out ( by a slice and divide mechanism) so that
    > > it would fit better the requirements needed to be picked up. In
    > > genetics such an enzyme exists.
    > >
    > Actually, I see mutual accommodation occurring.

    How is that, Joe !?

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