Interesting little thread this! Switching between modes... don't you get a
refractory period BETWEEN modes? I suppose the trick to minimise the time
spent in this refractory period would just be to practise reciting language
to do with memes of mode A directly followed by memes from mode B, etc.
Forcing memes from different modes to be associated with each other.
I would've thought that multi-tasking meant parallel processing... I'm kind
of into the idea that conscious cognitive processing is simulated sloppy
serial-ish processing emerging from subconscious parallel processing. Hence
why multi-tasking would (I think) be tricky...
BUT if I take your definition of multi-tasking (the quick-as-possible change
between modes), then I reckon the main difference would be one of scale.
Inconsistency is just a smaller-scale memetic dissonance, or rather,
flicking between mini-modes.
Dave Pape
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