Tim Tyler: Can memetics predict meme fitnesses?
Channel: tmtyler
Date: 2011-09-30

This video addresses a common objection to memetics. The idea is that "survival of the fittest" being a circular tautology is a problem for memetics, because we lack a predictive theory of meme fitnesses.

One fairly common objection to memetics is that it is vulnerable to the idea that "survival of the fittest" is a tautology - since the fittest are defined as being those that survive - and that is a circular argument.

In this video, that criticism is addressed.

Transcript: http://on-memetics.blogspot.com/2011/09/tim-tyler-can-memetics-predict-meme.html

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