Do memes/genes evolve?

Mark Mills (mmills@fastlane.net)
Wed, 17 Jun 98 11:59:48 -0000

Message-Id: <199806171700.MAA04117@fastlane.net>
Subject: Do memes/genes evolve?
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 98 11:59:48 -0000
From: Mark Mills <mmills@fastlane.net>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>

Question: Does it make any sense to talk about memes/genes evolving?

One might say that only genotypes/memotypes evolve. Genes/memes
themselves are fixed. They may mutate, but they do not evolve.

On the other hand, one might say that genes/memes are both interactors
and replicators. Therefore genes/memes evolve in the same sense that a
species evolves. I think Hans-Cees has written a paper supporting this
view.

Mark

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