tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post2584402668949849565..comments2024-02-27T09:51:03.152-08:00Comments on On Memetics: What are inheritance and copying?Tim Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06623536372084468307noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-21497691747681973512013-04-08T06:03:32.245-07:002013-04-08T06:03:32.245-07:00Hello Tim.
First of all, I am really glad to see ...Hello Tim.<br /><br />First of all, I am really glad to see my name cited in your blog. It gives me a warm feeling of belonging. Reflecting on memetics feels sometimes like a rather lonesome endeavor.<br /><br />So thanks a lot for taking the time to react to my article. Your criticism can only help me move forward.<br /><br />Note that my articles are still a work in progress and are, or will, be amended in the future. <br /><br /><br />So, let me try and respond quickly.<br /><br />I think understand clearly your issues with high fidelity, and I actually had the same issues with it myself. In fact, my point was to try and account for the apparent incompatibility between a high fidelity replicator model and the apparent low fidelity of cultural inheritance. <br /><br />It is true that, to me, the concept of replicator implies high fidelity. More than that actually, it implies perfect fidelity, from a purely theoretical point.<br /><br />So how could I reconciliate both worlds ? This is where my "relative fidelity" comes in. I have basicaly made the concept of fidelity relative (although I actually don't use the word "fidelity" in my article). This relativity allows to have replicators which, from the outside seem to have a low fidelity, but from a certain perspective keep a very high fidelity. This is thanks to a change of perspective and fuzzy logic.<br /><br />In a way, I am saying that high fidelity is not necessary at all but it is still compatible with a high fidelity replicator model because there is a point of view from which things appear to have high fidelity.<br /><br />I am afraid I might not have managed to get my point across clearly, but is it more clear now ?<br />Maybe I should explain more why the replicator idea implies high fidelity ?Sylvainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16350442622514310015noreply@blogger.com