From: "Aaron Agassi" <agassi@erols.com>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: The information theoretic view Was: JOM
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 12:55:47 -0400
In-Reply-To: <w3Hu6IAw4N03EwRa@faichney.demon.co.uk>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
> Of Robin Faichney
> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 4:54 AM
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: The information theoretic view Was: JOM
>
>
> In message <8f5bae82.25019fbc@aol.com>, MemeLab@aol.com writes
> >
> >Robin wants to turn meme's into "information" regardless of
> where it may be
> >found. This might have some useful applications, but doesn't
> necessarily
> >take into account that an embodied human mind must be included
> somewhere in
> >the structure of a meme. Otherwise we are talking about something other
> >human culture -- which I assume is the primary concern of memetics.
>
> I don't want to 'turn meme's into "information" regardless of where it
> may be found'. I merely say that, where information is transmitted from
> one brain to another via behaviour and/or artefacts, that information
> should logically be regarded as memetic along the whole route, instead
> of saying it's memetic at some stages and something else at others.
This paradox of communication without telepathy must be treated.
> --
> Robin Faichney
> Get Your FREE Information at
> http://www.conscious-machine.com
>
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