From: "Tim Rhodes" <proftim@speakeasy.org>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Mnemon event diagrams (was Re: On Gatherer's behaviourist stance)
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 23:16:11 -0700
Aaron writes:
>I should also be clear that I do not propose to compute on an a priori
>basis the retransmission rate of a mnemon. Ultimately, we must measure the
>retransmission rates for an operationalized definition of knowledge of how
>to tie a shoe. I can still hypothesize that modern parents retransmit such
>knowledge to young children in order to save themselves from digging out
>terrible knots in their children's shoes, but this does not substitute for
>eventually measuring the retransmission rates.
Have you previously suggested a technique whereby one could gather data to
support such a hypothesis or a possible experiment to measure these
transmision rates? Is there a specific paper (or section of a paper) you
could direct me to on this?
-Tim R.
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