Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id JAA12045 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:39:54 GMT From: "salice" <salice@gmx.net> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:33:39 +0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Study shows brain can learn without really trying In-reply-to: <3BE00309.5917A504@bioinf.man.ac.uk> Message-Id: <E15zakg-0005vS-00@dryctnath.mmu.ac.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> The lower-wattage brain of our near relatives provides a less rich
> environment for memes (simpler, and slower spreading). What we need to
> address (and I think Susan Blackmore, and definitely my old supervisor
> Paul Higgs are looking at this), is to what extent 'we' developed as
> meme spreading machines, serving noone's purpose but theirs (and getting
> a fitness benefit, on balance, for us the hosts).
We serve the memes as the memes serve us. It's no one-sided
situation.
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