On Memetics

I sometimes pick on Steven Pinker when he says something stupid . Here his ignorance of cultural evolution apparently leads to a blasé attit...

Most theorists agree that voting in national elections is an irrational activity. You gain more by doing other things besides ticking boxes ...

Joe Brewer has written an essay explaining his enthusiasm for memes . He calls it "meme theory" - instead of "memetics"....

Here's D.S. Wilson on the domain of evolutionary theory : Properly understood, what makes the expansion of evolutionary theory so radi...

Many machine intelligence enthusiasts seem to think that intelligence is what led to our domination of the planet. For example, here is Shan...

A new book on social applications of Darwinism is out: Darwin's Bridge: Uniting the Humanities and Sciences , edited by Joseph Carroll...

The study of cultural evolution has lagged far behind the study of organic evolution - much to the distress of its enthusiasts. One questio...

I've long opposed the laws that criminalize information crimes. I make an effort to put my content into the public domain wherever I ca...

To date, evolutionary psychology has mostly avoided the wrath of those sensitive to race issues by avoiding differences between human popula...

Most of those who complain about gene centrism in evolutionary biology don't understand the position of the gene promoters. However, I h...