Memetic Evolution: autonomy of culture


	Memetic Evolution: autonomy of culture

abailart

12-11-2007 6:26 AM

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memes. evolution, consciousness, singularity

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12-11-2007 6:37 AM

wildcat

actually, it seems that CM, right here right now is a possible manifestation of memetic evolution... see the proliferation of clips that deal in evolution being increased in speed by culture..
(btw Principa Cybernetica is one of my preferred sites on the net)

12-12-2007 10:30 PM

syncopath

meanwhile "immortality" is an immortal meme ....

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level for the application of <A href="http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/BVSR.html">variation and selection</A>, and of evolution itself, that of 
<A href="http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/MEMES.html">memetics<IMG class="linkscent-icon" src="http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/chrome://interclue/content/cluecore/skins/default/linkscentDefault.png" clueid="favIcon" /><IMG class="linkscent-icon" src="http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/chrome://interclue/content/cluecore/skins/default/pixel.gif" clueid="clueIcon" /></A> and human culture</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/MEMEEVOL.html"><P> the creative core of human individual is 
the engine of memetic evolution. In memetic evolution, memes must be 
immortal. While the  mortality of multicellular organisms is necessary for 
biological evolution, it is no longer necessary for memetic evolution.</P><P>
For the general purpose of evolution there is no more sense in killing 
humans. At the present new stage of evolution, the evolution of human-made 
culture, the human brain and its memetically based culture is the source of 
creativity,  not an object of experimentation.  Its loss in death is 
unjustifiable;  it is an evolutionary absurdity. The <A href="http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/CYBIMM.html">immortality</A> of human 
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