Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id KAA06253 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 23 Nov 2001 10:20:15 GMT Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 10:13:43 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Study shows brain can learn without really trying Message-ID: <20011123101343.B1522@ii01.org> References: <20011122165503.AAA20585@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.109]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011122165503.AAA20585@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.109]> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i From: Robin Faichney <robin@ii01.org> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 11:55:07AM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> Hi Robin Faichney -
>
> >All that's
> >required to validate the most basic memetic model is imitation.
>
> Or commonality.
>
> Similar environments populated by similar species produce similar
> behaviors. No imitation of any sort is required.
>
> Imitation itself in such models is an illusion.
So you think everyone always reinvents the wheel, rediscovers fire, etc?
-- 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/=============================================================== This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing) see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
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