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Susan Blackmore sobre memes e "temes"

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Susan Blackmore estuda memes: idéias que replicam-se de cérebro para cérebro como um vírus. Ela usa um ousado novo argumento: a humanidade gerou um novo tipo de meme, o teme, o qual espalha-se via tecnologia - e inventa maneiras de continuar vivo.

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 »

Translated into Portuguese, Brazilian by Rogerio Lourenco
Reviewed by Matheus Costa
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