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Memetics — a critique

Memetics — a critique

Jun 12, 20261 min read

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paper · tradition: memetics

Critical assessment of memetics as a research program. Where the analogy with genetic transmission breaks down.

The book’s stance. candidate pressure-tester for the selection-side framing.

Local copy. sources/Memetics_critique.pdf

Where this is cited in the book

  • Ch 10 — Political Economy of Attention

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  • Epistemic vigilance (mental immune systems)
  • Handle-ability
  • Manipulation surface
  • Memetic fitness
  • Replicator ontology
  • Manufactured injection
  • Selection
  • Chapter 10: Political Economy of Attention
  • Where does truth value enter the model?

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