
Ep 147: Memes
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How Meams Get Replicated
Ideas and minds are different. We cannot copy the contents of each other's minds directly. The only known way for us to get our idea into the mind of another person is to, for example, speak some words. But those sounds we called words, must be interpreted. And so it goes with the meam being replicated. They also change over time because they are imperfectly copied. Maps of all kinds are means, ideas that prsist to be passed on. That people can create new kinds of maps sets us apart from machines. Not all ideas survive. Many we have, we almost immediately think, no bad idea. Some ideas we might keep to ourselves our entire life and
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