tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post981455410420357928..comments2024-02-27T09:51:03.152-08:00Comments on On Memetics: Alberto Acerbi on the differences between organic and cultural evolutionTim Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06623536372084468307noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-10760086998644435842014-01-06T05:30:04.777-08:002014-01-06T05:30:04.777-08:00Hi Tim, I report here the answer I gave you in my ...Hi Tim, I report here the answer I gave you in my original post - even though I am sure it will not satisfy you :-)<br /><br />In the post I squeezed our argument in just few sentences [...] To me, the problem is mainly pragmatic (i.e. how much complexity do you want to put in your models of [cultural/genetic] evolution?). Population genetic has been built on models that make the simplifying assumption that rules of genetic transmission are immutable, and this strategy has been proved successful. The question we ask in the paper is whether the same simplifying assumption can be safely made in models of cultural evolution.<br />More generally I do not see this as black/white distinction. I agree that genes can and do regulate their transmission pathways, but I think that in cultural evolution this effect is way more important.Alberto Acerbihttp://acerbialberto.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com