Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id JAA28404 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 17 Jan 2002 09:40:55 GMT To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Message-Id: <AA-C9472004DB2085F312D00B004BBD105F-ZZ@homebase1.prodigy.net> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 04:36:59 -0500 From: "Philip Jonkers" <PHILIPJONKERS@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: Knowledge, Memes and Sensory Perception Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>Nothing gets transmitted exactly as I thought it.
The thought is a model of
>something I want to do or say but the means of
communication are so limited
>they cannot carry the idea completely or exactly.
>
>When I tell you I'm going to build a white house, the
house I see in my mind
>will be different from the house you see in your mind
simply because my
>experience with houses is different from yours. The
model for the house I
>envision will come from my experience and the picture
or idea you decode
>from my transmission will reflect your experience.
No two people share the
>same identical experience. Only a limited amount of
the concept I was
>trying to transmit will be received. Therefore, all
transmissions of memes
>are distorted and contain the seeds of error.
Not exactly. The written word was invented just to
prevent or counteract that from happening. Written
language increases copying-fidelity.
You can read all about in the Meme-Machine. It may
even be anticipated that communication
between AI computers (program exchange) yields
even higher copying fidelity. Variation will then have
to be inserted completely artificially to facilitate
memetic evolution.
Philip.
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