To deal with these deadly memes, we introduce the concept of logical typing. This enables us to begin to explore what we call The Great Sea of Being. The Selfish Meme. All ideas must compete for a place in our thought systems. This contest of ideas takes place in and between such realms as religion, culture, history, science and art.
Ideas seem to have a life of their own.
In many ways they are like genes. We've seen how selfish genes can be. In a way, ideas can be selfish too. So we might say that ideas, like genes, seem to look out for themselves first. If this is so, there might be such a thing as selfish ideas that compete with each other.