Here's my introduction to cultural evolution and defense of its existence as a phenomenonhttp://theviewfromhellyes.wordpress.com/2014/11/22/why-cultural-evolution-is-real-and-what-it-is/ …
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
(also up on carcinisation http://carcinisation.com/2014/11/22/why-cultural-evolution-is-real-and-what-it-is/ … but it's hard to read and I don't have permissions to change the blockquote style sorry!)
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing wow that guy you quote is an idiot.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing@drethelin Surely you are talking about two different things?! Architecture is the most obvious example of social evolution2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@wrathofgnon explain? yes Chris Alexander (quoted in the last part) is an architecture person & deeply gets it...1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing Isn't it so obvious. Gray must be talking about something different. Surely no one can deny cultural evolution?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@wrathofgnon the fact that he explicitly denies a mechanism for it makes me think he is actually denying it but ??1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing Maybe he denies the mechanism because it is not traceable like genetic evolution/mutations, hence desires a dif. vocab.?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@wrathofgnon yes - I hoped to illustrate why the genetic analogy is crucial even in the absence of "memestuff"
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