Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution

From: Scott Chase (ecphoric@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Feb 17 2001 - 17:31:42 GMT

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From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution
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    >From: Bill Spight <bspight@pacbell.net>
    >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >Subject: Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution
    >Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 17:43:08 -0800
    >
    >Dear Wade,
    >
    > > > Memes are altered in such a way that they fit the
    > > >environment better.
    > >
    > > Interesting statement....
    > >
    > > Any verification of it?
    >
    >Maybe you find it to be more interesting than I intended. All I meant
    >was things like the alteration to "Play it again, Sam." That is the form
    >that propogated, even though the original is preserved on film. It is a
    >form that is more fit for its environment. Examples are legion.
    >
    >
    Why must fitness be brought into the picture?

    Would you agree with the sentiment that omnipotent Almighty Natural
    Selection is everywhere (omnipresent) scrutinizing every minute detail of
    organisms? For some people the worship of Natural Selection has replaced
    worship of unseen deities. Paleyism yields to Darwinism.

    OTOh, would you agree that selection is a primary but not exclusive operator
    in evolutionary processes (leaving the door open for concepts such as
    genetic drift and Kimura's neutral theory of molecular evolution among other
    things)?
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