RE: draft abstract Sex, Drugs and Cults

From: Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
Date: Sat Feb 16 2002 - 02:53:22 GMT

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    Keith wrote:

    <<they provide
    clear benefits to those who host them, i.e., learn behaviors or
    information. They are passed from generation to generation because of the
    benefits (ultimately to the genes of their hosts) they provide.

             But a whole class of memes have no obvious replication
    drivers.>>

    So by "no obvious replication drivers" you mean "no obvious benefit to human
    reproduction"?

    <<Of course, the really interesting
    thing is why people of high wealth don't spend it all on having a dozen
    children. At one time they did, and in some cultures, particularly Islamic
    they still do.>>

    >From the wealth's point of view, it would only make sense to have lots of
    children if it would replicate the wealth rather than diluting it.

    Richard Brodie
    www.memecentral.com

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