Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Mimetic Evolution

Re:Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Mimetic Evolution by cgio on Thursday October 21, 2021 @05:40PM (#28951151)

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.

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Re:Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Mimetic Evolution by s1artibartfast on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:28PM (#28952818)

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.

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Re:Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Mimetic Evolution by cgio on Friday October 22, 2021 @08:14PM (#28964408)

I agree. The question is what will species be like in the context of this evolution.

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