my "no H1" critiques of David Deutsch

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rational meme / my "no H1" critiques of David Deutsch
- huh, just noticed that chimps have both parasitic and symbiotic memes:
  - the famous story of the chimps that keep each other from going up the ladder to get the bananas at the top, even though none of them were around back when doing so actually got them collectively punished, but they lived with others who were
  - they sometimes copy each other because they can tell that what the other chimp is doing works
- I'm not 100% certain that the first is parasitic, but it's very clear that chimps DO have symbiotic/ICTFM/"rational" memes, which really underscores the extent to which "rational" is a stupid word for this kind of meme.

cultural evolution — individual invention not needed. relevant to my "no H1" critiques of David Deutsch
- add to Questions I have about the evolution of consciousness
- > That’s a common misconception. Culture can evolve and adapt to an unconscious process of errors, variation,retention and recombination. The secret of our success is full of examples, and this can be shown in the laboratory. t.co/pVdh3U9mnP
  [🐦]() by Joe Henrich on October 2nd, 2023