Re: are memes born of complex systems?

From: Chuck Palson (cpalson@mediaone.net)
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    Bruce Jones wrote:

    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: Tyger [SMTP:void@internet-zahav.net.il]
    > > Subject: are memes born of complex systems?
    > >
    > > 1. is evolution a feature of complex systems? (thus implying the secondary
    > > nature of evolution to the primacy of complexity in nature)
    > [BJ]
    > From my studies in biology and a take off on the chaos theory ....
    > IMHO no.
    > Systems tend to get simpler as they progress because the complex has
    > been evolved out -- as a whole. The organisms as individuals do tend to get
    > more complex because they selfishly require more from their environment.

    Is it more? or is it the nature of the niches they find. Could you give some
    examples?

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