> 2 + 2 = 4 is not a meme, and if I ask you what 2 + 2 is, and you answer
> 4, you do not necessarily hold the meme of <addition> resident in your
> behavioral set, but you necessarily hold the response of '4' to '2 + 2'.
> I hope you see the difference here. Do you hold the meme of <expected
> response>? Maybe. How do we test for this difference? That's my question.
> Wade T. Smith
2+2=4 is a meme. To get the meme-complex of addition you necessarily
learn the the complete set of additions necessary (such as 9+9=18 or
0+5=0 ) there are 60 such results which you must known. (Or as you like
to put it, parrot). Throw in a few addition memes such as "add numbers
in the same column" or "x+y gives the same result as y+x" and you have
the complete meme-set that constitutes the meme-complex of addition. How
do you tell the difference between a meme-complex and a meme. You ask
questions that only a person in complete possession of the meme-set
could answer.
Nate Hall