Re:Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Mimetic Evolution
by cgio on Thursday October 21, 2021 @05:40PM
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Variety is good for evolution, so I guess having only ideas being fit when they are close to a majority cultural aspiration would actually limit the applicability of the gene-meme analogy in this context.
I am actually afraid that the error correction mechanism is this oligoculture we witness which to me indicates that memevolution is short lived and will have to evolve itself. Wondering whether oligo culture and the move of Overton windows is for memeevolution to use physical survival in the context of conflicts as a means to error correct.
Re:Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Mimetic Evolution
by s1artibartfast on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:28PM
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Variety is good for evolution, but evolution isnt always good for individual species or animals. There are countless species that found themselves in evolutionary dead ends and went extinct, and many more more that were pushed to extinction by a new competitor.
Re:Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Mimetic Evolution
by cgio on Friday October 22, 2021 @08:14PM
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I agree. The question is what will species be like in the context of this evolution.
Re:Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Mimetic Evolution
by imbnwa on Thursday October 21, 2021 @05:55PM
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The work of the "postmodernist" historian Michel Foucault (quotes cause that term is usually a red herring) is precisely about specifying a framework with which to understand how this 'virality' works, why some ideas are minoritized and others hegemonized, which has something to do with figuring the 'conditions for truth' over time.
There is a relatively low barrier of entry for ideas to spread when compared to genes. Maybe that actually explains a lot of issues we have in society.
I mean what is ultimately the error correction mechanism when it comes down to ideas for societal organization for example? Technology on the other hand to me is area where physics must have some benefit for really testing ideas. But you can still see lots of odd biases and peculiar directions that technology takes if you look closely.