Re: Information

From: Mark Mills (mmills@htcomp.net)
Date: Mon May 07 2001 - 13:40:40 BST

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    John,

    At 12:28 PM 5/7/01 +1000, you wrote:
    > > If all people have a similar set of conceptual dispositions, dispostions to
    > > create stories for instance, then one can lead a 'listener' through an
    > > exercise in perceptional chains with somewhat predictable results. The
    > > message may not be one that can be 'spoken,' but a predictable mental state
    > > may be replicated (communicated) to the listener.
    >
    >Sure - but this is not memetics; it is evolutionary psychology.

    It is neural memetics.

    >Within
    >the generalised constraints of being human, memes are propagated in
    >similar (enough) ways to all humans irrespective of biology, and so the
    >operant protocol is what counts for meaning.

    What do you think puts this 'operant protocol' into the human head? Or, is
    that even necessary?

    Mark

    http://www.htcomp.net/markmills

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