@sarahdoingthing @A_P_Mason A specificity emerges from a generality, it flourishes and becomes a new generality, from which a specificity...
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Replying to @380kmh
@380kmh@sarahdoingthing Ah yes I see. A culture which loses the heresy-tolerant meme can make a memetic killing in the short term, but>1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@380kmh@sarahdoingthing <evolves towards extinction http://lesswrong.com/lw/l5/evolving_to_extinction/ …3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@380kmh and/or gets stuck in lameness with no way out, less dramatically1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing @A_P_Mason He said a culture that *loses* the heresy tolerant meme. You thinking of the right situation here?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing "Stuck" turns into "extinct" pretty fucking fast, no?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing@380kmh Yeah. Humans can't replicate horizontally, so our natural desires align more closely with the conditions of >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@380kmh <vertically-fit cultures that horizontally-fit cultures. Hence "lame".1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
@A_P_Mason @380kmh some horizontally transmitted stuff is great (vaccines), but wiping out all vertical transmission seems...unwise ;)
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@380kmh You don't know what new memes will endanger you nice, stable vertical memeplex beforehand, but>1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
Replying to @Dust_Foot
@sarahdoingthing@380kmh <that memeplex, having survived so long, will have its own filters. Thinking of Taleb's barbell strategy here.1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes - 1 more reply
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