Re: Meme-gene coevolution (Was: Static memes question)

--- In [email protected], David Deutsch <david.deutsch@...> wrote:
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> On 13 Jun 2013, at 22:41, hibbsa <hibbsa@...> wrote:
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> > --- In [email protected], David Deutsch <david.deutsch@> wrote:
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> >> Genes and memes do sometimes co-evolve, though.
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> > Oh say? What sort of scenario are you thinking of?
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> One example is that the hardware we use for speaking co-evolved with the evolution of languages.
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> An interesting one that was pointed out to me recently was that genes in dogs for following the direction of a human's gaze co-evolved with the human behavior of keeping dogs.
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> -- David Deutsch
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So do you accept that memes can dominate a group by defining the in-group rules and behavious. While also dominate that in-groups exploititive attitude toward out-groups? 

Or are you still saying something like group level evolution is criticized. 

But 'group' is just a world. If a meme can dominate a society and make it static, then a group and its in-members is a society.