Date: Fri, 21 Jun 96 18:15 BST-1 From: jplant-AT-cix.compulink.co.uk (Jj Plant) Subject: Re: List ecology In-Reply-To: <08454890200163-AT-turknet.com.tr> > I guess the Life algorithm is too linear for the purpose. Let's see, if game theory... Hey, hey, hey! I used to love that game. I spent hours trying to cause collisions between 'crawlers' and 'motherships' that would give rise to infinitely expanding systems. Never did get it sorted, but somebody told me once that Conway did it. I was wondering more about meme theory. You could use it to model the effectiveness of propaganda methods. You could adapt it to take account of the real observed behaviour of 'ideas' - sudden explosive outbreaks, persistent sources of infection that never spread far (cults), adaptive radiation etc. _________________________________ jplant-AT-cix.compulink.co.uk --- from list marxism-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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