The Holon/Parton Structure of the Meme, or The Unit of Culture

Velikovsky, J. T.

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“…Dennett, 2017;Velikovsky, 2017), our basic model is neutral regarding these details and so immune to previous criticisms of the meme concept (Roy, 2017a). We need only assume that (1) the replication of some units of culture is achieved through reducing the Darwinian fitness of their hosts without always producing offsetting fitness benefits to other human genes; (2) the rate at which these cultural items can adjust to exploit host defenses is faster than the rate at which host defenses can evolve; and (3) that genetically-determined differences in psychology affect how vulnerable people are to such cultural elements.…”

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A red queen model of personality

Roy

2018

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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes -if any -are indicated.© Abstract. Genetics underpins many ways in which individuals differ. The purpose of this paper is to advance a model with testable hypotheses regarding the cause of the genetic basis of personality. We proceed by developing the suggestion that diversity in personality genes evolved to constrain parasitic elements of culture and discuss its implications. In particular, a critical test of this hypothesis is whether personality genes show fluctuating linkage disequilibrium and a dispersed distribution throughout the genome. It is further suggested that this Red Queen process has facilitated the evolution of intelligence and allowed a higher mutation rate in relevant genes. The model's empirical predictions are discussed in the context of alternative explanations, including those regarding intragenomic conflict, economics, and heterozygote advantage.

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A red queen model of personality

Roy

2018

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“…Figure 17 demonstrates how the smaller BVSR (blind variation and selective retention) evolutionary model is nested within the Socio-Cultural Systems Model of Creativity, inside the mindofthePerson(i.e.,thescreenwriter,oreventherobot):memesaresimplyunitsofculture,or unitsofinformation,ornarremes(unitsofstory)(D.C. Dennett,2017;Velikovsky,2016c;2017a).…”

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Introducing the Robo–Raconteur Artificial Writer Or

Velikovsky

2017

International Journal of Art, Culture, Design, and Technology

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This article invites readers to participate in a survey on computational creativity. It asks: (a) Can computers be creative? and (b) Can algorithmic computational creativity teach us about human creativity? The standard definition of creativity is adopted. The article is in two parts. Part One introduces a new interactive artificial–writer computer program, an Excel workbook containing six functional sub–modules, namely: 1) A Top 20 RoI Movie Pitch Combiner; 2) A Bottom 20 RoI Movie Pitch Element Combiner; 3) A Random Movie Pitcher; 4) A Movie Pitch Selector which judges, scores, and ranks generated pitches in evolutionary survival tournaments; 5) An Ironic Character Generator; and finally, 6) A Random Transmedia Story Universe Pitch Generator. Readers are invited to play–test The Robo–Raconteur and complete a short (5–minute) online survey: Was the artificial writer creative? Part Two explains the Evolutionary Systems Theory of Creativity that underpins the software.

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“Meme Wars”: A Brief Overview of Memetics and Some Essential Context

Schlaile

2020

Economic Complexity and Evolution

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The Holon/Parton Structure of the Meme, or The Unit of Culture

Cited by 4 publications

References 33 publications

A red queen model of personality

A red queen model of personality

Introducing the Robo–Raconteur Artificial Writer Or

“Meme Wars”: A Brief Overview of Memetics and Some Essential Context

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