From: Paul (paul@dna.ie)
Date: Fri 29 Oct 2004 - 20:32:52 GMT
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From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk] On Behalf
Of Keo Ormsby
Sent: 29 October 2004 21:04
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Absolutist memes
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>The point I want to make, is that this interpretation does not say
anything >about whether a population with absolutist memes will have a
better >survival rate than another with rationalistic memes, or vice
versa. It >might, but it would be a side effect. Perhaps one can suppose
that fear >memes in general populate a special ancestral (i.e. genetic)
place in our >psychology, that make them important for biological
survival. That would >account for Keith's keen observation that
absolutist memes appear in >stressed/worried populations, but I do not
think it is necessary to assign >a biologically relevant selective
pressure, or a specialized inherited >psychological process to each and
every kind of meme (absolutist, >rationalistic, religious, etc.) It
sounds a little phrenological to me.
This is really getting interesting. Ruling out the possibility of a
genetic biological relevance on selective pressure or a specialised
inherited psychological process of memes with regards to memes appearing
in a stressed/worried population; what process in your view would have
to take place in order for the absolutist memes to establish an ESS?
Paul
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