RE: Modes of transmission

From: Lawrence DeBivort (debivort@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 17 2002 - 14:12:36 GMT

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    From: "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu>
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    Hmmmm... I don't think anyone here has said there is a one-to-one
    correspondence between modes of transmission and modes of transmission. As I
    did say, we treat the latter as a subset of the former. Different
    taxonomies. There is a general correspondence between the two, as
    transmissions to be useful have to be coded in ways that the recipient can
    perceive.

    Lawrence

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
    > Of Joe Dees
    > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 4:56 PM
    > To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Subject: RE: Modes of transmission
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > > "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu>
    > <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> RE: Modes of transmissionDate: Wed, 16 Jan
    > 2002 16:07:53 -0500
    > >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > >
    > >Hi, Joe -- I'm not sure what you are 'refuting.' Are you saying that the
    > >categories you are proposing on don't have sensory and brain-functional
    > >correlates?
    > >
    > >
    > >> >In designing memes, we specify the means of transmission to be
    > >> used, and, as
    > >> >a subset of this, which sensory channel(s) will be used.
    > These correspond
    > >> >generally to your four categories, Joe: auditory-tonal,
    > auditory-digital
    > >> >(e.g. words, phrases), visual, kinesthetic (touch/emotional feeling),
    > >> >gustatory (taste), and olefactory (smell).
    > >> >
    > >> >If the content of the meme is demonstrated (your 'show'?),
    > several of the
    > >> >sensory channels can be involved.
    > >> >
    > >> >Lawrence
    > >> >
    > >> One comment to refute this: ASL (American Sign Language) is
    > >> communicated visually, verbal discourse is communicated
    > >> auditorily, and braille is communicated tactilely. All are
    > >> categorized under the communication mode, telling or saying.
    > >>
    > I am refuting the fallacious notion that methods of transmission
    > correspond to, and can be mapped onto, modes of perception in a
    > one-to-one manner.
    > >
    > >
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