Re: Study shows brain can learn without really trying

From: Kenneth Van Oost (Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2001 - 20:41:46 GMT

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From: "Kenneth Van Oost" <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be>
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Subject: Re: Study shows brain can learn without really trying
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:41:46 +0100
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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Scott Chase <ecphoric@hotmail.com>
    To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:09 AM
    Subject: Re: Study shows brain can learn without really trying

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    > >From: Wade Smith <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
    > >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > >To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > >Subject: Re: Study shows brain can learn without really trying
    > >Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 14:08:59 -0500
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    > >>My point was that, though you only use the wheel, they don't
    > >>reinvent it,
    > >>but imitate it.
    > >
    > >Ah. But they use it too- and they mutate it via their use.
    > >Otherwise, all memetics would be is cloning, and it ain't.
    > >
    > >
    > Instead of vague abstractions, what about the nitty griity on actual
    wheels?
    > Brands, styles, new trends?
    >
    > Ever see them skateboard style lowered cars and trucks with the low
    profile
    > tires jutting from the fenders? Solid rims on motorcycles that almost look
    > like they belong on a car?
    >
    > There's a vast aftermarket for custom wheels out there. Does anybody study
    > this stuff? What's hot and what's not? *That* would be interesting, minor
    > variations on the wheel theme and what's more apt to be utilitized by
    > certain subsets of the automobile enthusiast population.
    >
    > Heck even bicycle rims have variations, spokes versus mags for instance.

    Hi Scott,

    There are special magazines for that kind of stuff !
    Maybe you ought to buy one for seeking out what is hot or not, hm,
    that rimes..

    Also there was a lot to do about Lance Amstrong who won the Tour of
    France ( Cycling), where everybody else was using force to get up the
    mountains, he prefered to use his bycicle as it was intented, to paddle
    around. The trick he uses is that he makes more rotations than everybody
    else.
    Also that can be learned from those magazines I mentioned earlier.
    Not that I am in depth of those...

    Regards,

    Kenneth

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