Re: The Darwin Awards as evidence of memes?

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From: Bill Spight <bspight@pacbell.net>
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Dear Vincent,

> So, like genes,
> memes must, to borrow Blackmore's phrasing (that should put some of you off
> :-)!), have fecundity, fidelity and longevity.

Memes must vary, reproduce, and be selected. These other
properties, fidelity and longevity, are not necessary, and not
all memes have them. (Fidelity is necessary for the application
of specifically Darwinian ideas. Lamarckian evolution does not
require it.)

Best,

Bill

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