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Susan Blackmore über Meme and "Teme"

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Susan Blackmore studiert Meme: Ideen die sich vo Gehirn zu Gehirn wie Viren selbst replizieren. Sie macht einen gewagten neuen Ansatz: Die Menschheit hat eine neue Art der Meme entwickelt: die Teme - sie replizieren sich via Technologie und entwickeln Wege sich selbst am Leben zu erhalten.

Susan Blackmore studies memes -- those self-replicating "life forms" that spread themselves via human consciousness. We're now headed, she believes, toward a new form of meme, spread by the technology we've created. Full bio »

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