Re: DNA Culture .... Trivia?

From: William Benzon (bbenzon@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Jan 11 2001 - 18:27:03 GMT

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Subject: Re: DNA Culture .... Trivia?
From: William Benzon <bbenzon@mindspring.com>
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    on 1/11/01 12:41 PM, Mark Mills at mmills@htcomp.net wrote:

    > Second, you make a case for the substrate-free-meme. It consists of two
    > advantages. The first, I've mentioned above. It saves time by ignoring
    > what might be a dead end. Second, it "integrates memetics into the
    > mainstream of the social science."
    >
    > In reply, these seem very weak arguments. If the first was followed, 'save
    > time,' very little new science would be produced. As to the second, I see
    > little interest in 'integrating' memetics' from the social sciences. As
    > Bill Benzon points out, one can't earn respect from social sciences by
    > twisting word definitions without adding insights.

    But, is there anything more to your neural memetics than just looking at
    bits and pieces of neuroscience and saying "you could make a meme out of
    that"?

    >
    > To summarize, an objection to neural memes because it would be impossible
    > to find '1 behavior to 1 brainpattern' misinterprets the model.

    What model? You don't have a model of any kind, just heart-felt wishes.

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