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Hi Brent,
I was rather put off by an overly-glowing review on Amazon, and partly by it
sounding a bit like his 'lucifer principle' which I mentioned on the list
before. I do think he's an interesting writer though, so I may check this
out following your recommendation.
Vincent
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> From: Brent Silby
> Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 9:12 pm
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: Memetic transfer in non-humans
>
> Greetings all,
> I have not contributed for quite some time, but I am enjoying the
> exchanges taking place.
>
> I am currently reading Howard Bloom's "Global Brain". It is well written
> and is a fascinating hypothesis on the development of human society. He
> takes a holistic view of the development of society, which I am skeptical
> of -- I still think reductionism is the way to go. Nevertheless, his
> theory seems to be supported by the huge amount of evidence he has
> collected.
>
> One of the things I found most interesting was evidence of memetic
> transfer in animals. I have recently argued that memes were pretty much
> restricted to the domain of human minds (along with a few primate species
> and birds), but Bloom has pointed to evidence of memes in a number of
> other species. One of his examples was of an octopus that imitated the
> behavior of another octopus (a non-innate behavior) and assimilated it
> into its own behavioral repertoire.
>
> Has anyone else read the book (I know Richard Brodie has)?
>
> Brent.
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