Monday, 31 October 2011

The central dogma of molecular biology is toast

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It is now clear that the central dogma of molecular biology is toast. The central dogma of molecular biology was presented as follows by F...
Tuesday, 25 October 2011

The modern synthesis is toast

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Eugene V. Koonin (2009) wrote: In the post-genomic era, all the major tenets of the modern synthesis have been, if not outright overturned, ...
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Ditching alleles

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" Allele " is the common abbreviation of "allelomorphic gene". It refers to a particular instance of a gene. Allele i...

Memevolution and genevolution

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Herbert Spencer wrote in 1862: ... there are not several kinds of Evolution having certain traits in common, but one Evolution going on ever...
Monday, 24 October 2011

Definitions of the term "meme"

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A literature search found these proposed definitions of the term "meme". In no particular order: A unit of cultural transmission...
Saturday, 22 October 2011

Memetics timeline

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My "memetics timeline" is now available . It presents a chronological history of memetics. The material is derived partly fr...
Friday, 21 October 2011

Meme synonyms

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The term " meme " did once have some competition. Edward Burnett Tylor ( 1871 ) used the terms " customs " and " ...

Another new book on memes - and tepees

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This one is: On the Origin of Tepees: The Evolution of Ideas (and Ourselves) by Jonnie Hughes. The title is a play on Darwin's title. I...

Developments at IARPA

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IARPA has some interesting projects in the pipeline: Video scanning: Automated Low-Level Analysis and Description of Diverse Intelligence Vi...

DARPA's Narrative Networks

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More military research into memetic engineering was announced recently. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ), wants to hir...