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>From: cpshelle@logos.uwaterloo.ca (cameron shelley)
Subject: Re: Consciousness
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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 13:15:42 GMT

erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin) writes:
> This is a summary of recent comments on consciousness.
[...]
> I have a comment on this: The dynamics of cultural and genetic
> transmission differ. In particular, genetic transmission can't track the
> evolution of a chaotic strategy, while cultural transmission can. (This is
> based on some simulation work and an analysis of why a difference was
> apparent in that work.) This is the reason that I believe social group
> behavior and consciousness are connected.

Could you elaborate on this a bit?  I am curious about what you mean
by "genetic transmission can't track the evolution of a chaotic
strategy, while cultural transmission can."

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