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Susan Blackmore: Memes and "temes"

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Uploaded on Jun 4, 2008

http://www.ted.com Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new kind of meme, the teme, which spreads itself via technology -- and invents ways to keep itself alive

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  • masusomasuso

    masusomasuso 1 year ago

    Braingasm!

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  • willhum

    willhum 2 months ago

    I think Sue Blackmore has done more psychedelics then you've had hot dinners mate.

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  • Todd Boothbee

    Todd Boothbee 2 weeks ago

    Kinda brilliant, really.

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  • Alister Wilson

    Alister Wilson 3 weeks ago

    Susan Blackmore's contribution to 21st century life cannot be underestimated.

    The concepts of memes and temes are not superficial in any way.

    Teme should be put in the dictionary along with meme. We need to understand better how to carefully manage the technology around us.

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  • gamulea

    gamulea 1 month ago

    "Sounds like a conspiracy theorist"? Now, that's a dangerous and idiotic meme. Every kind of far-fetched fantasy is nowadays a conspiracy theory, not just the abuse / corruption / false-flag suspicions against alleged conspirators?

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  • Ryan Merkle

    Ryan Merkle 1 month ago

    Please type "True Theory of Everything Quadrant Model of Everything" for the Truth. The Truth is known. Everything is known. This is the apocalypse. Apocalypse means revealing of the secret. Please spread the word :). This is not a joke. Thank you

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  • cosgirl22

    cosgirl22 1 month ago

    "oh I love her hair...I wonder how that would look on me..oh wait- NO Blue/Blonde hair MEME NO!"

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  • CumPirate

    CumPirate 2 months ago

    Don't really understand the difference between memes and "temes"

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    CumPirate 2 months ago

    Smoke shrooms? "darwin bats"?

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