Uploaded September 2011 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
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: on-memetics.blogspot.com/2011/09/tim-tyler-can-memetics-predict-meme.html
Please buy my book on Memetics: memetics.timtyler.org
"Memetics: Memes and the Science of Cultural Evolution."
Amazon.com link: amazon.com/dp/1461035260
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: on-memetics.blogspot.com/2011/09/tim-tyler-can-memetics-predict-meme.html
Please buy my book on Memetics: memetics.timtyler.org
"Memetics: Memes and the Science of Cultural Evolution."
Amazon.com link: amazon.com/dp/1461035260
