On Memetics

Memes and the Science of Cultural Evolution

Sunday, 23 August 2015

Symbiont kin selection

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Cultural kin selection proposes that cooperation can arise due to shared memes - as well as due to shared DNA genes. However, cultural k...
Saturday, 25 July 2015

The meaning of heredity

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I generally use the term "heredity" to refer to the transmission of traits from one generation to the next. However, I notice th...
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Sunday, 5 July 2015

In light of cultural evolution

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There's a recent trollish article doing the rounds titled: The Theory Of Evolution Does Not Apply To Modern Human Beings . Basically...
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Terence Mckenna - on memes in 1990

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Terence Mckenna - on memes in 1990. From a lecture titled: 'opening the doors of creativity'. Here are some other meme-themed vid...
Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Recombination as a meme repair mechanism

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In the organic realm, the idea that recombination can repair bad genes by replacing them with good ones is one of the two main theories that...
Sunday, 21 June 2015

Language - missing phylum of memetics

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Language should always have been the king of the subjects studied by students of memetics and cultural evolution. Speech and writing have b...

The eusociality symbiont hypothesis and epistemic hygiene

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The eusociality symbiont hypothesis relating to the evolution of eusociality pictures a positive feedback loop of interactions between host...
Saturday, 20 June 2015

Darwinian Metaphysics vs Universal Darwinism

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Momme von Sydow has a 2012 book titled: From Darwinian Metaphysics towards Understanding the Evolution of Evolutionary Mechanisms - A Histor...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Memetics vs semiotics

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Some students of semiotics seem to be irritated by the success of the meme. (e.g. Kilpinen, E. (2014) ). Semiotics seems to be much more pop...
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Monday, 15 June 2015

The edge of evolution

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The domain of Darwinian evolution has expanded dramatically over the last 150 years. Darwinian evolutionary theory is now frequently applied...
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