Wade T. Smith
Then would you be willing to go one step further and say that memetics
illustrates the evolution from animal (dog) to human; in that, "training"
similar to "learning" creates the meme whose next "stage" is "conscious,
physical, behavioral action"?
If the meme is what borders (not-habitual and not-autonomous) human and
animal learning/training...then YES, what is most simplified for the human
would be most complicated for the animal. But does memetics thereby lose
it's say in evolution appealing to the "cause" of human action but being
only the effect of the animal?
Are you saying that genes are the determinant for "animal" evolution and
memes are the basis of humanity...choice, will, force...? I still think
that you are missing some basic behaviors which are memetically determined
for us and the animals: order, specialization, self-awareness, safety, and
group specifically. I will continue to say that memes are basic to behavior
and are the simplest example of any behavior pattern which can (in
retrospect) be studied.
Brett
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