Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA25254 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:23:00 GMT Message-ID: <3A8BD7BE.7B263C01@bioinf.man.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:21:02 +0000 From: Chris Taylor <Christopher.Taylor@man.ac.uk> Organization: University of Manchester X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution References: <20010215130204.AAA23714@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.130]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> some blinking asshole said it wrong
Yeah, that's true, but the 'why did it do so well' part is still
interesting. I think the fact that the selective world is changing very
fast is useful here, because some things survive despite the changes in
circumstances (for instance, 'snafu' is dying out with the generation
who used it, but 'play it again sam' isn't). It all comes down to how
effectively the thing (tune, idiom, whatever) taps into the generic
themes of a culture. More generic -> more flexibility of application /
less incompatibilities with resident memes (details) -> higher chance of
long term success.
Chris.
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