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Was Richard Dawkins wrong about memes? | Massimo Pigliucci, Hilary Lawson, Joanna Bryson

Philosophy For Our Times

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How Much Memetic Relatedness Matters Versus Genetic Relatedness?

i'm not a great philosopher of science, unlike some of the people on the stageso it may be. But for me, that's really clear. And one of the experiments i've been wanting to do is to test whether it's true by saying, can we find out how much memetic relatedness matters versus genetic relatedness? By looking at when you havea how many more ideas to have for someone to be willing in common before beflre people are willing to choose,. like a cousin over a a child, or something like that. That's detter interesting points. Persival. Despite the introduction as a philosopher, i am actually a geneticist. My turn to philosophy

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