For the planet's sake, I hope we have bird flu or some other thing that will reduce the population, because otherwise we're doomed.
Susan BlackmoreAll other species on this planet are gene machines only. They don't imitate at all well; we alone are gene machines and meme machines as well.
Susan BlackmoreMemetics provides a new approach to the evolution of language in which we apply Darwinian thinking to two replicators, not one. On this theory, memetic selection, as well as genetic selection, does the work of creating language.
Susan BlackmoreYou start by copying other people's paintings or music or whatever. You get all of those skills before you branch out. Really creative people have a fantastic ability to copy things and then combine them in new ways. And whether we're talking about genes or memes, recombination is the real heart of creativity.
Susan Blackmore