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On 11/13/00 08:44, Gatherer, D. (Derek) said this-
>Yes, and imitated behavioural characteristics are memes.
Gack. I think so too, for what it's worth, in that, sure, 'meme' seems
like a good nomenclature for such a thing, but, how many are joining me
in this camp? And isn't it a highly sociobiologic camp? After all, if
birds have memes, then brains of high complexity and structure are not
requirements, but, evolutionarily speaking, imitative behavior may be an
early mechanism (well, relatively), possibly from the dinosaur period.
It would thus seem that robotic imitative behavior is perhaps a mere
technological bagatelle, and must only a few moments away from
accomplishment.
Sounds like time to dissect a few birds.
Or maybe a few thousand other things are happening besides memetic
activity here.
- Wade
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