(July 13, 2010 at 1:40 pm)Cecco Wrote: yes, it is analogous to the evolution of genes, i fail to see your point. if memes exist then whether or not their predicted behaviour is similar in method to genetic evolution or not says nothing about it being a non-entity. just that it operates similar in style.
and where does it say in that video that a meme is nothing more than a concept? he even talks of a 'meme pool'. where would this meme pool exist? only inside our minds? like a soul? if something can't be measured then it is no science. memes cannot be measured. dawkins uses memes as a way to explain god. dawkins uses a nonmeasurable unit to describe why we think of god. it is not exact science. not even close.
Okay I'll use little words as you seem to be having trouble understanding simple ideas.
Memes are ideas that get exchanged between people and can be expanded on, evolve if you wish, over time.
But when the concept no longer exists in a viable environment then it can become extinct.
Example:
Meme: all swans are white.
Until recently this idea was dominent in europe in regard to swan colour.
Then people travelled to canada and low and behold there were black swans.
http://www.icrowds.net/.../2007/09/black_swan06.jpg
So the meme all swans are white was superceded. It changed it evolved. In that way it was a little like the evolution through genetics. do you see. DO YOU SEE.
Its a little like it evolution but it has no physical component, Richard Dawkins didnt say it didnt because its so fucking obvious from what he said that it didnt.
I hope that clears it up for you.
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