Memetics

A great talk on memes by Susan Blackmore has just been posted on TED. You have my guarantee it is worth your time.

In addition to rejuvenating some old fears of mine, her talk made me realize how memetics is perfectly consistent with virtualism, even complementary! I need to read up on it, fast!

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One Comment on “Memetics”

  1. [...] Hva kan så memteorien brukes til? Utover å bruke dem til å forstå religion (noe jeg tenkte å ta opp på nytt i en egen post litt senere) er en av de som har gått lengst Sue Blackmore. Hun mener at memene har forandret oss og genene våre, slik at et memperspektiv kan bidra til å forklare flere av de store gåtene ved menneskelig utvikling. Mer om dette i snutten under (via demring.com). [...]


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