> If we assume that a new idea, never before propagated creates itself we should have an explanation for how that works, which memetics does not have a current

> If we assume that a new idea, never before propagated creates itself we should have an explanation for how that works, which memetics does not have a current explanation for. The same way viruses change: usually recombination, but sometimes random mutation. Yes this happens in a human mind, just like viruses change within cells. The point is to focus on ideas as self-propagating and humans as merely vessels, rather than the other way around as people usually think about them.