Re: Criticisms of Blackmore's approach

From: Mark M. Mills (mmills@htcomp.net)
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    Bill,

    At 05:34 PM 6/11/00 -0700, you wrote:
    >OC, one may say the contrary. ;-) Behavior is the genotype. It is
    >what is copied, after all. Neural elaboration and mental
    >interpretation of the behavior are phenotype, differing from
    >person to person.

    I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'neural elaboration.' Maybe you
    can define the term better for me.

    I agree that mental interpretation is phenotypic. The Lynch meme is not an
    interpretation, but the physical configuration of electric gates to current
    flow on the synapses. For example, a number of sporting activities are
    'muscle memory' games. By playing football, basketball or tennis
    constantly during adolescence, young athletes train their muscles to react
    swiftly to typical situations in their game. The goal winning behavior is
    phenotype, the neural configuration guiding selective muscle stimulation is
    genotype.

    >Good examples are old saws that continue to be
    >replicated, although their meaning has changed. The meaning is
    >phenotype, and is realized through neural elaboration on the
    >saying.

    I agree, the meaning is phenotype.

    In the case of the 'old saw', where do you place the genotype?

    Mark

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