On Memetics
Memes and the Science of Cultural Evolution
Sunday, 23 August 2015
Symbiont kin selection
›
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
›
I generally use the term "heredity" to refer to the transmission of traits from one generation to the next. However, I notice th...
2 comments:
Sunday, 5 July 2015
In light of cultural evolution
›
There's a recent trollish article doing the rounds titled: The Theory Of Evolution Does Not Apply To Modern Human Beings . Basically...
2 comments:
Terence Mckenna - on memes in 1990
›
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
›
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
›
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
›
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
›
Momme von Sydow has a 2012 book titled: From Darwinian Metaphysics towards Understanding the Evolution of Evolutionary Mechanisms - A Histor...
2 comments:
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Memetics vs semiotics
›
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...
5 comments:
Monday, 15 June 2015
The edge of evolution
›
The domain of Darwinian evolution has expanded dramatically over the last 150 years. Darwinian evolutionary theory is now frequently applied...
‹
›
Home
View web version