RE: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution

From: Lawrence DeBivort (debivort@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2001 - 12:52:06 GMT

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From: "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu>
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Subject: RE: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution
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    CHRIS TAYLOR:
    You don't need Lamarck if you consider a shorter timebase where the meme
    you 'see' is not an entity but a succession of copies of itself (quick
    manifestation: the way ideas change in your mind over time). New
    'mutants'/'hybrids' occur on a short timescale - I could really push it
    and use the analogy of animation blurring many things into one...

    LdB:

    I like your animation metaphor: one of the measures of the success of the
    meme is the fidelity with which the successive copies are made.

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