What are generally labelled 'memes'[2] are recognisable, repeated patterns of behaviour generated by one or more memes.
If an observed behaviour (peeling grapes) can be made up of one or more memes then what are memes? What is the smallest particle?
Is it the smallest 'piece' of that behaviour that can be acted on in it's own right? If a gene encodes a protein then is it true that a meme encodes a smaller part than the entire behaviour like a word or partial phrase or does that start to cause the system problems as it becomes impossible to identify how many memes are associated with a behaviour?
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Re: gene/meme
Date: 2003-06-20 10:26 am (UTC)If an observed behaviour (peeling grapes) can be made up of one or more memes then what are memes? What is the smallest particle?
Is it the smallest 'piece' of that behaviour that can be acted on in it's own right? If a gene encodes a protein then is it true that a meme encodes a smaller part than the entire behaviour like a word or partial phrase or does that start to cause the system problems as it becomes impossible to identify how many memes are associated with a behaviour?