If you gradually move people from country A to country B, you get the culture of culture B.
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The exception is ghettos (or gated communities) where immigrants stick together.
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Same principle applies to universities. (or Congress)
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This meats multiple equilibria exist, no unique Nash Equilibrium. And that implies "simulation" is involved.
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"What would person X do?" Specialize in modeling people with good culture, and your culture becomes good.
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Maybe the essence of "cargo cults" is lack of *feedback* from who (or what) you're trying to model.
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@St_Rev in theory, top univ. -> top profs -> good culture -> professors at lesser univ. Bu that's not true, is it?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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in theory, reality -> research -> professors -> teachers -> students
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But if research is disconnected from reality, or teachers are taught in separate education departments, then...
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the cultural chain is broken, and maybe you have a problem.
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