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Subject: [huml-comment] FW: [KMForum-KScience] "Motifs distinguish networks"
FYI to the group. Consider network motifs as sign/iconic. Anyone care to speculate on uses for that? Perhaps as a secondary that describes social communication norms for given cultures and human groups. Perhaps as a context for describing a prototypical set of internal paths for a given human prototype. Consider how the impact of culture/environment both conditions these (learning) and activates these given signs perceived by the human. I'm not suggesting a work item here. Just food for thought pursuant to earlier comments made here that humans could be conceived of internally as a network of semiotes. Thanks Danny. len From: Danny Ayers [mailto:danny@isacat.net] A piece that may be of interest: http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2002/112702/Motifs_distinguish_networks_112702 .html "There are many types of networks in the world -- computer webs like the Internet, connections among components in electronics, relationships among friends and acquaintances, transportation grids, food relationships among animals, connections among neurons, and interactions among genes. Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and Spring Harbor Laboratory have shown that it is possible to categorize networks by looking at certain recurring circuits, or motifs, within the networks. 'The motifs are small, local, wiring patterns that occur throughout the network,' said Uri Alon, a senior scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science."
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