Howard's Global Brain

From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller (waluk@best.com)
Date: Wed Feb 21 2001 - 23:53:19 GMT

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From: "Gerry Reinhart-Waller" <waluk@best.com>
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    Hello Brent,
    Yes I've read Howard Bloom's "Global Brain". I even have a discussion group
    at yahoogroups by the same name. If you wish to stop by try:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GlobalBrain

    or if you would like to check out another:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HowardBloomGroup

    We certainly could use some new discussants. Especially those who are
    interested in memes.

    Best regards,

    Gerry Reinhart-Waller

    > 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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