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The main thing that people totally misunderstand about the meme idea is that he was using a thought experiment to make a point about the underlying logic behind natural selection, not proposing a new theory of cultural transmission.
a8lg6p but studying certain aspects of culture, it does seem he was right despite that. Lots of ideas have evolved with the sole end goal of spreading itself over all things.
@Koutí me átoma Do something more than project your own shit onto others! Yea I know it's impossible for you guys as it'd require a functional brain but just try for once!
The main thing you seem to misunderstand is that it doesn't matter what the originator of an idea _meant_ with it, so long as the idea evolves on it's own merit. He is not the authority of his own idea, once shared successfully it copies into people's minds and evolves/devolves depending on environment. Which coincidently goes against your point. Most modern theories were originated by people who only got it sort-of right. Often due to the limits of their times and instruments, but still.
These kids all look hungover and bored 😂 Imagine being the person who first theorizes a concept that will define the first half of the 21st century and the crowd can barely stay awake to realize the significance.
"We are all pawns, controlled by something greater: Memes. The DNA of the soul. They shape our will. They are the culture - they are everything we pass on. Expose someone to anger long enough, they will learn to hate. They become a carrier. Envy, greed, despair… All memes. All passed along." _~Monsoon_
You know the way memes work is eerily similar to how evolution works. Random memes are made every day but eventually they survive the popularity contest through a selective agent that being us. You can also make family trees amongst which memes spawned from which ones like for example wojack memes being an evolution of troll face memes.
@@yourkingdomcomeyourwillbedone No, "internet meme" is just a subset of the exact concept he's talking about. Ideas that spread and mutate. Except on the internet and usually humorous.
Rikatan No, the original term meant "a unit of cultural transmission" like an idea, thought or expression and now the definition is something like "a humorous image propagated online"
Memes have become a ubiquitous part of internet culture, with millions of people sharing and creating them every day. A meme is a cultural artifact that spreads through the internet, often in the form of an image, video, or text that is humorous, satirical, or ironic. Memes are often used to express emotions, opinions, or ideas in a way that is relatable and entertaining. One of the most popular memes of recent years is the "distracted boyfriend" meme. This meme features a stock photo of a man looking at another woman while his girlfriend looks on in disapproval. The image has been used to represent a variety of situations, from political scandals to pop culture references. The "distracted boyfriend" meme is a prime example of how memes can be used to comment on social and cultural issues. The image has been used to criticize everything from infidelity to political corruption, and has become a shorthand for the idea of distraction and temptation. Another popular meme is the "doge" meme, which features a picture of a Shiba Inu dog with captions written in broken English and Comic Sans font. The doge meme is known for its absurdity and randomness, and has been used to express a wide range of emotions, from joy to confusion. The popularity of memes can be attributed to their ability to tap into the collective consciousness of internet users. Memes often reflect the current cultural zeitgeist, and can be used to comment on everything from politics to pop culture. They are also a way for people to connect with each other and share a common experience. However, memes are not without their controversies. Some memes have been criticized for perpetuating harmful stereotypes or promoting hate speech. Others have been accused of trivializing serious issues or making light of tragedy. Despite these criticisms, memes continue to be a popular form of expression on the internet. They are a way for people to connect with each other and share a laugh, and have become an important part of internet culture. As long as they are used responsibly and respectfully, memes will continue to be a powerful tool for communication and self-expression.
You've got it backwards. Meme theory (what you call "intellectual discussion about memes") was proposed by Dawkins wayyyy back in the 1980s. Internet memes are named after that theory.
@@VickyChijwani Actually, Dawkins coined the word in 1976 (at least I'm pretty sure) in his book "The Selfish Gene" (I think), but I think you're right about that comment getting things backward. A lot of people throw the word: "Meme" around these days, without "truly" understanding it. This video is pretty good education, for anyone wanting to know. Dawkins really does have a GREAT way of explaining things that are complicated and making them easy for the average person to understand. I've read a lot of his books and listened to him in videos, and man, I wish I had teachers and professors like HIM! I came here looking for a way to accurately describe what a meme actually is. Someone recently asked me, and as much as I KNEW the answer, I found it surprisingly difficult to convey a definition!! I did ok , but I wish I had watched this video first!!
DNA, DNA Equivalent? Another kind of replicator? A Meme 2:07 Copying an idea from 1 brain to another, like a virus 3:20 Generations 4:00 Catchy tunes 5:10 Mutation rate too high for memes 6:56 A game of telephone ☎️ - Mutation allows for an order to be observed. Exact copies make it more difficult to detect an order/sequence.
I always get transported when I reflect on the idea that we (our selves) are not "thinking thoughts", but rather "thoughts are thinking us", i.e. ideas (memes) relate to our minds as genes relate to our bodies, i.e. it's not personalities that are the agents of cultural evolution, but the memes. On my money (I teach acting) it is a very viable and useful idea. In practice, it translates as "You are what you think". And most actors know that. So for "common" people, there might be a problem looking at yourself this way. Because a "self" is a very deep-rooted meme itself, and its main function is to fight back all the memes that endanger its existence. So... good luck transcending your self. ;)
the father of memetics. this is the characteristics of memes: >high fedility replication >high level fecundity(replicate themselves) >longevity I would add to those (mutations) I just disagree with dawkins about the mutation point, english has mutated through the ages. and highly mutated from its original form, a meme that rapidly mutating is not a bad meme. but an evolving highly effective one.
when something bad happens we in the western world say „Oh oh“.... that‘s a meme too. We all use it, and it wasnt tought to us in school. We learned it exactly OUTSIDE of school. Not sure if it’s even in the dictionary... It would be very interesting to know when „Oh oh“ was first used.... 🤔
Крис Георгиев Really any language, but definitely the more relatively "different" languages from the reference point of your own language. By what you said I'd imagine English would be hard to reproduce for a native Bulgarian speaker, too.
Well Russian is related to Bulgarian but still it was harder for me to learn Russian than English.
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@@antaress8128 That's because English is very useful and we tend to consume a lot of culture in said language. I'm Brazilian and I speak Portuguese, and although Portuguese is really similar to Spanish, I never got to learn it. Mainly because I have no use for it.
Seems like it’s why Americans get confused why they don’t fully understand British people. We share a language but have an entirely other set of cultural memes.
It's unfortunate what has become of the word 'meme' through social media. I'm not a fan of Dawkins, but the concept is an important one that deserves to be understood and applied by everybody. We have the ability to become more concretely aware of how ideas, attitudes, ways of behaving, interpreting, seeing, etc. live and propagate through ourselves. Too often memes are thought of solely as behaviours, ideas, or attitudes that we deem undesirable and that we see 'catching'. But of course the concept relates to all of mental, social, and cultural life. We are never completely free of thoughts and behaviours that originate outside us and propagate through us. But it is possible to become more conscious, more autonomous, and more selective. It is possible to think and act more for ourselves. "Choose your mutations carefully." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kn1VLE7EpD0.html
What's sad is that back in the 90s and early 2000s people took Dawkins' original idea of the meme and truly ran with it, building up massive vocabularies to talk about the idea of memes. Memeplexes, vaccimes, it was becoming truly an idea worth paying attention to. Then the whole thing collapsed into funny captioned pictures and only the name remained.
Imagine if one day we come up with a meme which can affect our psychologycal being like a contagious virus able to use it as a lethal weapon like (t-virus) it would be another step in advancement of our civilization.
A tune, or style of dress, would not be exactly copied (or replicated) because each person would slightly individualize the tune or clothing. It would be altered by the recipient and put back into the world in some altered form. It would be altered by the individuals personal preference, individual history---that would change a note, a tempo, based on how the person experiences it and likes or dislikes it. The individual brain selects patterns, differently. It is an aspect of creativity and individuality.
Dear professor Dawkins, I hope that you'll get in time my message, why your campaign against Aristotle's unmoved mover has been unsuccessful so far, despite the logistic support offered by your friend Lawrence Krauss.
@@Eddy-dn1jx That's a good point. I suppose the rate of mutation is greater with smaller chunks of information, like the melody of a song...but my intuition tells me it should be the other way around...a huge string of DNA has much more chance of something being copied incorrectly than a short sequence of notes...
@@Eddy-dn1jx DNA is akin to a long story, but it is replicated with high accuracy and reliablility, that's what I'm confused about. Shouldn't something as long as DNA have little reseblance to its original when replicated?
@@marceloortiz7966 The thing with DNA replication is that mistakes are very abundant, but the enzymes in control of the replication have proofreading mechanism so those mistakes get corrected. Not all mistakes are corrected, some base pairs do get wrongly replicated but usually that doesn't mean anything, most of the DNA isn't expressed in a meaningful way so those mistakes can't be seen.
A language, religion, traditions of mascimity and femininity, etc. Large scale memes of social behavioral strategies??? Passing down evolved cultural knowledge, particularly shared behaviors and connecting ideas
Masculinity and femininity are archetypes like a meme I suppose but it so old and successful that its bin incorporated into our dna. (Meme gene interaction)
He was trying to teach people something more profound and stupid humans as always watered it down to the lowest common denominator of dumb, aka: internet memes. His essential point was to explain mutation and most memes don't really mutate, they change, ideological and religious memes do mutate. Internet memes essentially break concepts, ideas or opinions down to simple slogans thereby promoting further idiocy which promotes social media to not have intellectual substance of any sort. Seemingly, the internet is largely creating a difference of perception and an increase in knowledge (kind of) but many times only in small bits of information so therefore promoting a lack of larger context and substance.
I think what he is trying to say is that in order for a meme to be more like a gene the group has to be less intelligent/creative. They have to just follow their instructions and not alter the initial input?
GimriZ archetypes are symbolic projections and representations of unconscious processes which show up repeatedly in dreams and myths, a meme is much broader term
@@kvnboudreaux And if I understand correctly, memes are prone to be transmitted from one human to another, whilst archetypes are simply a "type" of character. Thanks Boudreaux for unpacking this idea.
Popular ideas and behaviors in social species means survival in terms of natural selection. Because any idea or behavior that doesn't benefit survival gets tossed out.
