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Understanding 9/11Godless episode 17: Memetics
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Rob is out this week. Dave talks about memetics, and the concept of non-biological evolution. The "God" meme is of special interest.
- Opening music: (Are We Losing) Faith, by Silence Is Sexy
- Memetics
- The definition of a replicator
- Going beyond the biological
- Jokes as replicators
- Ideas are alive
- Dan Dennett at TED
- Defining the meme
- Spreading the "God" meme: from origins to global competition
- Elements of competition among god memes
- Meme complexes and religious laws
- "Hereditary" transmission of memes
- A hypothesis about dead and dying religions
- Additional links:
- Susan Blackmore at TED
- Crystals as replicators -- more details in The Blind Watchmaker
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