Hey, PCTers, CSGNETters,
I am trying to spread the good word among the unwashed multitudes, with my splendid* article, “A Neurological Model of the Meme and of Meme Replication”, to be found at http://www.tedcloak.com.**
It would help me a lot if y’all would check it out and give me some “feedback” on it.
Best
Ted
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*Well, Warren and Alice like it.
**Here’s how the article starts:
"Part One. A model of behavior.
The meme is the unit of culture and of cultural transmission/acquisition. Memes are copied from brain to brain and, when activated, mediate behaviors which, in turn, result in social interactions, artifact creation, world views, and everything else we customarily refer to as “cultural”.
But how are memes copied from brain to brain? How are they stored? Once stored, how do they mediate actions? In other words, what, exactly, is a meme, neurologically speaking? How does a meme work?
To answer these questions, we need first to adopt a neurological model of behavior-in-general. Surprisingly, there is no generally accepted model of behavior per se; that is, there is no generally accepted model
Instead, the question is elided, or nervous systems are simply assumed to do intricate mathematical calculations in advance of action.[1]
To understand the meme, I propose to use the behavioral model laid out by William T. Powers in 1973, and since refined by him and numerous co-workers. It’s called Hierarchical Perceptual Control Theory (hPCT).
[From Matti Kolu (2014.01.29.2235 CET)]
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On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 2:44 AM, Ted Cloak <tcloak@unm.edu> wrote:
It would help me a lot if y'all would check it out and give me some
"feedback" on it.
Ted,
the videos on the main article page do not seem to work for me. When I
click on a play button, the video just keeps loading and loading. If
others have the same issue, it might be worthwhile to look into
another way of displaying the videos on the site.
Matti
[From Ted Cloak (2014.01.29.1900 CST)]
[From Matti Kolu (2014.01.29.2235 CET)]
It would help me a lot if y'all would check it out and give me some
"feedback" on it.
Ted,
the videos on the main article page do not seem to work for me. When I click
on a play button, the video just keeps loading and loading. If others have
the same issue, it might be worthwhile to look into another way of
displaying the videos on the site.
Matti
[Ted]
I just ran them with Google Chrome and with Internet Explorer 11, and they
ran fine. What browser are you using?
(Note: The Discussion Forum does not work with IE 11, but is ok with earlier
versions of IE and also Chrome.)
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On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 2:44 AM, Ted Cloak <tcloak@unm.edu> wrote:
[From Matti Kolu (2014.01.31.1930 CET)]
What browser are you using?
A fairly obscure browser: the Mozilla-based "Conkeror". Although I
tried with Firefox too. But the issue is probably with the Flash
version I am using on this laptop. On another computer, with Windows 7
and Firefox, the videos worked as they should.
Having many of the references linked to PDFs was very handy. More
people should do that.
Matti
Matti
[From Ted Cloak (2014.01.31.1245 CST)]
Thanks for clearing that up, Matti.
Ted
[From Matti Kolu (2014.01.31.1930 CET)]
What browser are you using?
A fairly obscure browser: the Mozilla-based "Conkeror". Although I tried
with Firefox too. But the issue is probably with the Flash version I am
using on this laptop. On another computer, with Windows 7 and Firefox, the
videos worked as they should.
Having many of the references linked to PDFs was very handy. More people
should do that.
Matti
Matti