Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution

From: Kenneth Van Oost (Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2001 - 21:50:26 GMT

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    Hi Robin,
    You wrote,

     
    > > But there is no germ line with memes.

    << I would not say that, though !! LdB coined the first steps of such
    possibility.
    And if we ever can prove that memes pass the genes germline, we can
    IMO find what I see as our memetic starterset is in fact the germ line
    with memes.
    IMO, again, acquired neurological adaptive patterns can be germline
    integrated.

    Best,

    Kenneth

    ( I am, because we are) still
     

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