Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution

From: Robin Faichney (robin@reborntechnology.co.uk)
Date: Tue Feb 06 2001 - 09:36:44 GMT

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    On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 09:10:44PM -0600, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
    > In fact,
    > a major focus of Roger Sperry's work was how recursion in
    > systems possessing the prerequisite complexity, such as our
    > cerebral cortexes, were capable of, and indeed utilized, top-down
    > control (in addition to the bottom-up control which remains).

    I don't understand this. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that
    I don't believe that causation can cross levels of explanation --
    in either direction. Perhaps you could tell us more about it.

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    Robin Faichney
    robin@reborntechnology.co.uk
    

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