Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id RAA01730 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:44:33 GMT Message-ID: <3A842C07.6385E2D1@bioinf.man.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 17:42:31 +0000 From: Chris Taylor <Christopher.Taylor@man.ac.uk> Organization: University of Manchester X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Sources of novelty (was Dar v mem evol) References: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745C52@inchna.stir.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
I agree entirely about the miscopying thing (and I like the example - my
old band ended up with a really great end to a song due to a timing
error with a four-track tape recorder). My point though, about the main
bulk of 'novel' ideas (especially at the more mundane end), is that they
come from within, from the variation in one's mind. When I find a new
use for a thing (from my good old junk box in the cupboard) it's not
because I accidentally think about it in the wrong way, I'm actively
searching for a solution which means I have developed a new niche in my
mind which various things try to fill. I think this recombinational mode
is dominant rather than a truly novel mistake-driven system.
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