I'm confused, however, by two sections in particular:
1) If we first
>imagine that the vector m has contained within it a catalog of all memes in
>I{m} such that each MEMEX has a corresponding numeric value, such as: 1=
>MEMEAARDVARK 2= MEMEBEAVER 3=MEMECAMEL , and so on
What is the difference between what you're calling a meme, and an
abstraction of aardvark or beaver or camel? By abstraction, I'm referring
to the common characteristics that allow me to classify Fido the pekingese
and Buddy the german shepherd as "dogs".
That is to
>say, for example, that what is represented by the term MEME1326 in I{mary}
>may does not necessarily correspond to the MEME1326 in I{mark}.
And this indeed occurs with abstractions as well. When you think of "dog",
the mental image that comes to your mind will not the the same as the one
that I have.
2) Perhaps more to the point, it might do us some good to show the
>relationship between beliefs, memories and the environment of a vector as a
>series of functions.
A series of functions -- probably discrete functions -- might indeed be
necessary for this. However, why are you distinguishing beliefs from
memories?
What _is_ a belief? Does a belief differ from a meme? Or might a belief
be a meme that a) was stored in memory, and b) took hold in the sense that
it will affect the vector's processing of further information / the
vector's behavior?
Perhaps RX--"the factor at work in selecting a MEMEX from the
environment to form I{m}, in much the same role that VX played in the
selecting of the set A{m}" -- is actually a product of the web of beliefs
held by m, i.e. of how such beliefs are hierarchized within m's memory. In
saying this, I obviously concur with your point that mere exposure to a
meme does not grant it a place in the vector's meme-set.
I hope you find these comments useful.
lena
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Lena Rotenberg
lenar@hermesnet.net