SatNakamoto on Nostr: David Deutsch talks about Richard Dawkins’ replicators in an interesting way. David ...
David Deutsch talks about Richard Dawkins’ replicators in an interesting way.
David Deutsch defines replicators as entities that pass on their structure largely unchanged through successive generations. This concept includes not only biological genes but also memes—units of cultural information that can be copied and transmitted. Deutsch emphasizes the role of replicators in the growth of knowledge and problem-solving, arguing that both genes and memes are subject to evolutionary processes, where variation, selection, and replication drive the development of increasingly complex and adaptive systems.
This is a the basis of measuring wisdom, I think. The thing’s ability to contribute to the replication of itself. Similar to how we see memes go viral and replicates itself. There’s wisdom/truth/beauty there.
David Deutsch defines replicators as entities that pass on their structure largely unchanged through successive generations. This concept includes not only biological genes but also memes—units of cultural information that can be copied and transmitted. Deutsch emphasizes the role of replicators in the growth of knowledge and problem-solving, arguing that both genes and memes are subject to evolutionary processes, where variation, selection, and replication drive the development of increasingly complex and adaptive systems.
This is a the basis of measuring wisdom, I think. The thing’s ability to contribute to the replication of itself. Similar to how we see memes go viral and replicates itself. There’s wisdom/truth/beauty there.