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Kenneth wrote:
>>Chris Lofting wrote,
>>
>>In our species, if you go back trough history, a mental bias is present
>>which due to our education is not as pronounced these days as it has been.
>>This bias is for males to prefer SAMENESS and females to prefer
DIFFERENCE.
>
>So, we males are looking for a general pattern into and for the appliance
of
>memetics, females are searching for the memes into each seperate part of
>society !?
'Males' seek the algorithms and formulas (and so SAMENESS) BEHIND the
DIFFERENCE. 'Females' see what memes they can use as part of the
re-identification process.
'we' have gone past these gender differences.
In general, our brains, male and female, emphasise identification, to make
things clear. This is more of a 'hunter' emphasis. To deal with this we use
re-identification by being able to 'fuzzy' the boundaries of
indentification, we exagerate the boundaries to make us look bigger or more
attractive, or we diffuse the boundaries to make us blend in with the
background and so not be identified, not be revealed for 'who' we are. Thus
we then develop pattern detection to deal with re-identifications, despite
having various forms of expression the patterns in this expression act to
identify what is the 'true' form behind the pattern.
We see here the use of camouflage, makeup etc., a fundamental 'tool' of all
developed species. This is not rigidly set for females but it is strongly
biased that way. Note that the re-identification process is 'fun' in that we
can wash it off, although for 'males' the re-identification is taken
literally in the form of tattooing etc.
Best,
Chris.
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Chris Lofting
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