tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post3083301395752158356..comments2024-02-27T09:51:03.152-08:00Comments on On Memetics: Disagree with Daniel: Are memes going out of date?Tim Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06623536372084468307noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-33271691785509356392015-08-18T03:20:31.207-07:002015-08-18T03:20:31.207-07:00Well, if evolution only applies to things that occ...Well, if evolution only applies to things that occur naturally, then the idea that memes are indeed being tampered with is problematic.<br /><br />Of course, this is becasue evolution isn't explicitely genetics, nor is memetics explicitly cultural evolution. It's a bit like confusing velocity with acceleration, or perhaps even more appropriately, a sine curve with a cosine curve.<br /><br />No... I think the idea of memetics itself evolving is par for the course. It's funny that he's becoming gun shy now, when more advanced and self-sufficient memes have come around as a response to thier discovery. This doesn't make them any more unnatural than entangled particles. <br /><br />Fucking weird, I'll grant you -from belief and political systems to spooderman- but arguably just as natural. I think everyone even remotely related to biology needs to give this all a good re-think and read this book: The Runes Of Evolution by Simon Conway MorrisR1ckr011https://www.blogger.com/profile/07564441155783544486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-80199712144765412692015-05-29T15:51:37.664-07:002015-05-29T15:51:37.664-07:00I meant to say: genetically engineered genes are s...I meant to say: genetically engineered genes are still called "genes". I updated the post.Tim Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623536372084468307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-33230626359185960992015-05-29T12:27:51.222-07:002015-05-29T12:27:51.222-07:00What would be a genetically designed gene?What would be a genetically designed gene?Circle of lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017784186393535735noreply@blogger.com