State of the Art – The Psychology of Consciousness
…Press Baars,B.J. (1997) In the Theatre of Consciousness: The Workspace of the Mind. Oxford, OUP Blackmore,S. (1999) The Meme Machine, Oxford, Oxford University Press Blackmore,S.J., Brelstaff,G., Nelson,K. and Troscianko,T. 1995…
avoiding predators and so on. An alternative is that creative imagination might be primarily of memetic rather than biological advantage; its evolution being driven by the competition between memes rather…
…My answer was “Self and the Third Replicator.” The Edge Question 2009. “What will change everything?”. See my answer “Artificial, self-replicating, meme machines” The Edge Question 2008. “What have you…
…in Psychology and Physiology from Oxford University (1973) an MSc and a PhD in Parapsychology from the University of Surrey (1980). Her research interests include memes and evolutionary…
…as memeplexes, for example: Blackmore,S. 2001 Evolution and memes: The human brain as a selective imitation device. Cybernetics and Systems, 32, 225-255. Italian translation Blackmore S. (2003), German translation Blackmore…
Memes and the malign user illusion
into co-adapted meme complexes, one of which is the self. This memeplex is constructed by the memes for their own propagation, not for our benefit. Indeed it is arguably the…
Totnes Consciousness Cafe 26 November 2015
…The Meme Machine which is translated into nearly 20 other languages. She blogs for the Guardian and Psychology Today, campaigns for drug legalisation, and plays in her village samba band….
…Say No meme. Just Say No has been a disaster for drug policy and would be a disaster for alcohol policy as well. We know that prohibition has never worked…
…of ape infested with memes. So that is who I am. As I lay in bed and struggled with “memes” I began to see the world in a different way….
…wish to be free of the illusion, I am not. References Blackmore, S. (1999) The Meme Machine, Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press Blackmore, S. (2000) Memes and the…