Re: [FRIAM] [ SPAM ] Re: A New Society for the Study of Cultural Evolution

2015-06-30 Thread Marcus Daniels
"Given the personalization algorithms deployed by the major search engines, its hard *not* to see the search engine as a participant in browsing." If the search engine could pass a Turing test, then ok. Marcus FRIAM Applied Comp

[FRIAM] [ SPAM ] Re: A New Society for the Study of Cultural Evolution

2015-06-30 Thread Bob Ballance
Given the personalization algorithms deployed by the major search engines, its hard *not* to see the search engine as a participant in browsing. . . . bob > On Jun 30, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > > "There's only 1 reason to interfere/intervene in the milieu around you, that > i

Re: [FRIAM] [ SPAM ] Re: A New Society for the Study of Cultural Evolution

2015-06-30 Thread Curt McNamara
http://www.brainrules.net/wiring Curt On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:00 PM, glen ep ropella wrote: > On 06/30/2015 09:14 AM, Steve Smith wrote: > >> " what it was to be Dine' " could possibly be reduced to their genes, >> their language and the artifacts they carried or knew how t

Re: [FRIAM] [ SPAM ] Re: A New Society for the Study of Cultural Evolution

2015-06-30 Thread glen ep ropella
On 06/30/2015 09:14 AM, Steve Smith wrote: " what it was to be Dine' " could possibly be reduced to their genes, their language and the artifacts they carried or knew how to make... but I find it easier/better if I include the "stories they told". Yes, compression is real, not ideological. T

[FRIAM] [ SPAM ] Re: A New Society for the Study of Cultural Evolution

2015-06-30 Thread Steve Smith
Glen sed: ... But re: thoughts, I can also say that _embedding_ one's thoughts as deeply in, as tightly coupled to, one's actions, does allow for agility. Taking huge, far-sighted, ideological stances and making huge sweeping plans on _anything_ is well, ideological (which is an insult)

[FRIAM] [ SPAM ] Re: A New Society for the Study of Cultural Evolution

2015-06-29 Thread Steve Smith
Nick wrote! If I were to think anything bad about them (and I don't think I do), it would be that they are naive. I just think that the whole project looks like it is based on the idea that we can analyze, plan, and reform in the societal domain, and I wasn't sure whether that was your cup o