Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id VAA17788 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:18:02 GMT Message-ID: <001201c18352$9ea8bce0$fda4bed4@default> From: "Kenneth Van Oost" <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <200112120305.fBC351207637@mail18.bigmailbox.com> Subject: Re: Definition please Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:01:01 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Hi Joe,
> >If you have trouble with how it is possible that the brain got problems
> >adding
> >something simple as two or three digits, and Joe in fact says that
> >consciousness arose because of increased complexitiy, how can we hold on
to a hypothesis that shows that when the information threshold is low, memes
> >propagate better !?
> >
> Simpler is easier to deal with, even for complex systems. No
contradiction there.
<< Well yeah !
But, atleast in my opinion, it seems that the notion about complexitiy is
one
of a human nature. I don 't think there is complexitiy as such in nature.
Only
in the mind of the receiver there is complexity !
Nature is just an accumulation of simple things working together.
Is a termite aware of the complexity wherein she lives !?
Actually, what makes me wonder, is the notion of complexity something
needed to " confirm " any thing simple !? And why, for that matter, needs
something so complex as a human being, such a simple thing as sex
to propagate !? Why does any complex system needs simple things to
evolve !? Why the complexity if anything can be done by simple things !?
How is it possible, for what reason... are great amounts of information
from within the DNA not being used in the final transfer_ great amounts of
info are being cut out ( introns).
How more info in advance there has been cut out, how better the trans-
lation of the DNA- code into characteristics will be. The same can be
said about memes.
Why such a complexity, why building such a complex system of gathering
info and than in the end only use a fraction of it !?
Or do we suppose that somewhere such complexity is being used as
a kind of selection environment !?
Could be, no !?
> There is a book called THE NUMBER SENSE that maintains that we are not
especially mathematically gifted as a result of our complexity-spawned
self-consciousness, beyond being able to handle judgements as to whether
which of two small quantities is greater. let us remember that computers
were once termed number-crunchers, and it was in the mathematical domain
that humans were first cybernetically surpassed.
<< So our complexity sits in the way of the ability to handle great quanties
of numbers !? So, again, why than the complexity !?
I understand that it could act as some kind of selection environment like I
mentioned above, but here it doesn 't make sense at all !
Here you have a complex system of complexity which blocks the way for
doing something complex !
This seems to me as pointless natural efforts, it is just a waste of time,
energy and a waste of a very great amount of simple, useful things.
Regards,
Kenneth
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