RE: Repost: Re: virus: Axioms
Dave Pape (davepape@dial.pipex.com)
Mon, 31 Mar 1997 21:29:59 +0100 (BST)
At 18:05 30/03/97 -0800, RichB wrote:
>Dave Pape wrote:
>
>>Now then: the conscious choosing process- is this a memetic process
>>(one
>>that emerges from memes or other ideas interacting)? Would this
>>processing
>>fall under the remit of a cognitive Darwinian machine? Not a trick
>>question,
>>but I /am/ looking for the answer "yes"... :)
>
>Consciousness emerges from memes, which emerge from genes, which emerge
>from chemicals, which emerge from atoms, which emerge from
>energy...doesn't mean it's the same thing.
Hmm... right, I'd better have a think about this. Any smartass remarks about
nascent level-3 mind-budding will be met with level-0 conflict-resolution
tactics ;)
Dave Pape
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