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>> All sorts of processes both external and internal go into
audience
> >> decoding of media content, so much so that I just don't see how what
> >> apparently exists in one mind can appear in another mind (let alone
> millions
> >> of others) in exactly the same form as in the original mind.
>
<But I don't think anyone is saying it's in exactly the same form.>
Ok, but this is one of the problems I have with the meme in mind
idea, as I'm not sure how the meme in mind is actually seen.
The notion of the meme involves, as far as I understand it, a
particular configuration of information that induces it to be expressed (by
the person it originates in) and then imitated by people exposed to its
expression. But in order for it to be then passed on to others from those
first infected people, surely the configuration must be retained in order
for it to induce expression in those people, and then imitation in others,
and so on?
We're talking about a particular kind of information that induces
particular kinds of behaviours, surely there must be some consistency of
form or pattern in order for it to be transmissable across many generations
of hosts?
Vincent
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