Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id VAA00664 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:07:00 +0100 Subject: Re: What/Who selects memes? Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 16:01:00 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20011004200155.AAA1048@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 10/04/01 11:55, Philip Jonkers said this-
>The fact that humans universally appreciate music, have religious brains,
>like dancing, like learning and so on suggests a common evolutionary origin.
>Universal human preferrence to engage in such activities are indicators to
>some sort of evolutionary (survival advantageous) process. Perhaps cherishing
>such memes helped to maintain group coherence and thus increased chances
>of survival as opposed to the not so culturally engaged rival
>groups/individuals?
Perhaps so. It looks that way, peering as we do backwards.
- Wade
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