Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 09:32:49 +0200
From: "Gatherer, D. (Derek)" <D.Gatherer@organon.nhe.akzonobel.nl>
Subject: RE: Dawkins' Mutation Test for Replicators
To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Chris:
This 'purity' concept, when applied to genes comes in the form of a link
from an individual to immediate family and from there to distant family and
so out into the species; you need a 1/1 correlation to achieve 'perfect'
communication and so all of this type of communication (if it exists) would
drop off at a high rate (1/2^n) the further away you are from the 'pure'
state. (you could test this using crystals....)
Derek:
Please, let's not bring crystals into this.
Chris:
There has been some discussion of testing all of this on the Quantum Mind
list and a paper has already appears in Physics Letters outlining the
proposed experiment using identical twins. Interstingly a previous
experiment 'suggested' possible linkage but also suggested that of all pairs
of identical twins only 25% of the pairs actually showed anything suggesting
'correlation', this goes along with the Dominant/Recessive format of
DD : Dr : rD : rr -- which is a level 2 dichotomisation of of the D/r
dichotomy. The rr group being those who 'suggested' some sort of link.
Derek:
No, there's a simpler explanation. 25% is just the background level you'd
expect for random guessing. And the Mendelian genotypes above are just
genotypes. They are not 'level 2 dichotomisations of the D/r dichotomy'
Chris:
In the 100 monkeys so a critical genetic correlation was reached that
allowed the monkeys on the other islands to 'suddenly' become aware of the
washing process;
Derek:
Oh, come on Chris, what a load of old rubbish! Pardon my language, but
genetics has nothing to do with telepathy (which doesn't exist anyway!).
There is no way whatsoever that a 'critical genetic correlation' (Whatever
that is - it's not a phrase I recognise from the 15-odd years I've been
doing genetics) can cause a telepathic effect.
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