Underestimating long-term consequences of cryptoanarchy

[John Kozubik]

On Sat, 17 May 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:

> You mention Darwin but not Richard Dawkins author
> of _Selfish Gene_ and later meme theories.  Memes
> are basically ideas.  They can replicate, compete,
> cooperate, etc.  Brains are the medium in which they
> grow.

Allow me to suggest this article (or rather, a response to an article):

http://www.edge.org/discourse/evolutionofculture.html

to anyone wishing to read a contrarian position as relates to "memes" and
their various interpretations.

The original article is here:

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/dennett/dennett_p2.html

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