And as for that future, Richerson and Boyd do not venture their predictions, but memetics predicts an ever increasing information explosion as memes proliferate along with ever better meme machines…
And as for that future, Richerson and Boyd do not venture their predictions, but memetics predicts an ever increasing information explosion as memes proliferate along with ever better meme machines…
Retreat at Sharpham Waking from the Meme Dream Friday 1st December – Sunday 3rd December 2006 This weekend will be a chance to learn about the science of memetics and…
The trouble with the trouble with memetics
objections to memetics (“The Trouble with Memetics”, Skeptical Inquirer, September/October 2007) mostly misconstrue the basic idea of memes. So I’d like to explain where I think he has gone wrong…
Memes and the evolution of religion: We need memetics too
analysis, Norenzayan et al completely ignore memetics which, unlike other theories, treats memes as replicators and looks to memetic as well as genetic advantage. Now that memes are evolving ever…
…humans imitate each other. So they too must evolve. He called them memes. Memes compete to use human brains, books, TV and the Internet for their own selfish propagation. Sometimes…
Science and Religion: Five Questions
…machines to get themselves copied. Religions are absolutely the epitome of a selfish memeplex. Memeplex is an abbreviation of ‘co-adapted meme complex’. In other words, a whole lot of memes…
Internet Memes An “Internet meme” is often defined as “a concept that spreads via the Internet” (Wikipedia), though of course everything that travels around in the Internet is, technically, a…
…the artificial intelligence that is already evolving of its own accord, for its own sake.” (Commonweal Magazine) 5 April 2021 Blackmore, S. (2009) Artificial, self-replicating meme machines. In J. Brockman…
Schedule for weekend at Sharpham House
not just to learn about memetics but to explore ways of applying memetics and evolutionary theory to our personal practice. Some meditation periods will be free, others will be guided…
2009 Blackmore, S.2008 The trouble with Memetics. Skeptical Inquirer, 32,65 Blackmore, S.2007 Memes, Creativity and Consciousness. PROP, October 2007, 50-51 (reprinted from Aesthetica) The Meme Machine , Oxford and New…