> The problem is that in the case of memetic evolution the "fitness" of an idea to propagate is inversely correlated to its survival value to humans. No it isn

> The problem is that in the case of memetic evolution the "fitness" of an idea to propagate is inversely correlated to its survival value to humans. No it isn't. Lots of memes are human-reproduction positive. The ideas of cooking food, agriculture, fishing, language, clothes, antibiotics, are all survival-enhancing memes. All technology is memes.