RE: Absolutist memes

From: Paul (paul@dna.ie)
Date: Wed 27 Oct 2004 - 09:52:10 GMT

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    -----Original Message----- From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Keith Henson Sent: 27 October 2004 02:57 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Absolutist memes

    >The opposite can occur as we have seen in Northern Ireland (though the
    >reverse situation does not get as much press). In that case, a switch
    to a
    >much lower birth rate a generation ago let economic growth exceed
    >population growth. Rational memes slowly prevailed and support for the
    IRA
    >faded out. My claim here is that the psychological switch into and out
    of
    >war mode evolved in the stone age to be dependent on the difficulty of
    >getting game and berries. Today the mode trigger maps (roughly) into
    >income per capita.

    >Because of the high birth rate in the Palestinian population (and
    Islamic
    >populations in general), there is no resolution in sight. The most
    likely
    >(grim) outcome is a spasm similar to what happened in Rwanda.

    >This is my sad prediction based on fundamental evolutionary psychology
    >principles.

    Very interesting theory, one that make sense giving your explanation. How fundamental are evolutionary psychology principles? I'm not being sarcastic, I just don't know that much about EP and from that I didn't think memetics and EP could co-exist, i.e., where compatible theories.

    Paul
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