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- 9-4b2a Writing is THE evolution. It’s more fast-universal-explicit in contrast to the evolution of genes.
- 9-4b3b1 Popper - ‘We let our ideas die in our place’ (another difference between memes vs genes)
- 10-2g3d1 Humans do stupid things because we can guess and create meanings. Other life-forms don’t have that ability to create knowledge actively. Our ability comes with a great cost of potentially doing very (infinitely) stupid things.
- On memesdevelop
- 1-1b Memes are more powerful than genes because they can out-evolve them
- 1-1c2a There is no escape we are and will be shaped by anti-rational memes
- 1-2g2k3 Genes (and memes) survive by causing people to create knowledge
- 2-1a5a Evolution doesn’t care about lifetime of each individual gene-meme carrier (its sample is beyond your own experience and any human lifetime)
- 9-1b2 Inevitable meme variation is another reason why it’s impossible to predict how people will use your work and ideas
- 9-4b2b The evolution of ideas (memes) is somewhat intentional, whereas that of genes are random AND cannot be rejected
- 10-2g3c Not all memes are rational
- 10-2g3e We are, and will be, transitioning from anti-rational memes to rational memes
- QUE5 - The modern theory of evolution based question — what replicating strategies did this meme use to get here
- On genes
- 1-1a2e The mind is universal, that means domain specific genes are unlikely
- 1-2g1e Our biological bodies are (still) encoded in genes. Often times it is helpful to understand our biological-default tendencies-biases.
- 1-2g2i Genes (life) are programs that embody the laws of physics (of their own niches)
- 1-2g2i0 Life is computation in the sense of assuming other object (i.e., genes assuming its surrounding environment)
- 1-2g2k Genes embody knowledge about their niches. Replication itself is not the fundamental significance of life.
- 1-2g2k4 Genes are (computer) programs expressed in the language of DNA instead of zeros and ones