What Happened to Selfish Genes? with J. Arvid Agren
This View of Life
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The Replicated Meme Concept Hasn't Been Very Productive
The meme concept hasn't proven very productive. You think if we could talk about genes as informational units and not tie them too closely to physical genes, then the concept would transfer over cultural evolution. But as it turns out, now cultural evolution, make no mistake is burgeoning. Notice the form that was developed by people like Richard Senn and Robert Boyd, not the meme concept.
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