Comment on Taxonomy

gnufuu@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Klear@piefed.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Are you calling Dawkins a gardener and 4chan scientists?

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  • syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Isn’t rather “meme” the refinement from “gene” (seeing as it was chosen to rhyme with gene)

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    • SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sort of, but I’m not sure refinement is the right word. It is meant to allude to genes. Memes are to culture as genes are to biological evolution.

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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Precisely. :)

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