Transfer learning in toddlers and engineers Part 2: The Theory
jacob.leachmanSo why is transfer learning (Bloom’s synthesis) so hard? It’s because of memetic imbalance. But what does that mean?
Let’s take a quick aside to provide some context:
Richard Dawkins coined the word meme in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene to describe the propagation of ideas and information through society similar to the genetics of Darwinian evolution. Stated simply, advantageous individual traits will propagate into the collective, whether they be genetic or memetic. Dawkin’s memetic philosophy paralleled the epistemological character levels defined by psychologist Clare Graves which formed the foundation for spiral memes. Graves’ looked back at human history to identify distinct societal … » More …