From: Epidemic (hidden@lucifer.com)
Date: Mon Nov 10 2003 - 14:14:22 MST
[quote from: hkhenson@rogers.com on 2003-11-04 at 09:05:06]
At 09:28 AM 04/11/03 +0200, you wrote:
>[Blunderov]
Actually we are not that far off from understanding it from hippocampus
damage cases.
We understand little. The hippocampus does a lot, and a loss of personality in these cases could be attributed to almost any function of the hippocampus that could be impaired.
You can elaborate on Dawkins without violating his original discussion in
Selfish Gene. Any time someone uses the word, you should be able to
replace it with "replicating information pattern," "element of culture,"
"learned element of culture," "culturegen" (a earlier term for the same
thing) or other similar terms.
The concept of self is replicable in that if I act or react to something that you do, you are reinforced with a sense that you are a separate entity. No, it cannot be taught or passed on like langauage or religion, in that you are right. But it is still something that is learned, not ingrained into the brain's "hardware." If it is learned, it is transmitted. If it is transmitted, it is replicated. If it is information that replicates, it is a meme. Sorry I didn't spell it out for you.
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