Re: Study shows brain can learn without really trying

From: Robin Faichney (robin@ii01.org)
Date: Wed Nov 21 2001 - 18:32:16 GMT

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On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 02:29:39PM -0500, Lawrence DeBivort wrote:
> Robin, I do see memes as beliefs/ideas rather then actions or patterns of
> behavior. Behavior, as I use the term, ids the resultant of several
> activities that take place in the brain, including the operation of beliefs
> there, plus external conditions that limit or encourage specific patterns.
> Does this make sense?

Of course it does. Behaviour is generated by the interaction between
environment and mind/brain. But I don't see anything there to suggest
that memes should be considered beliefs/ideas. How do these get from
one brain/mind to another? Telepathy?

For once, my randomly selected sig quote actually has some connection
with the content of the message!

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Robin Faichney 
"It is tempting to suppose that some concept of information could serve
eventually to unify mind, matter, and meaning in a single theory," say
Daniel Dennett and John Haugeland. The theory is here: http://www.ii01.org/
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