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abstract: "Meme replication is described as a 4-stage process, consisting of assimilation, retention, expression and transmission. The effect of different objective, subjective, intersubjective and meme-centered selection criteria on these different stages is discussed.\n"
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conference: 15th International Congress on Cybernetics
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date: 1998
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keywords: 'meme, memetics, cultural evolution, selection criteria'
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referencetext: |
  Boyd R. & Richerson P.J. (1985): Culture and the Evolutionary Process, (Chicago University Press, Chicago). 
  Cavalli-Sforza L.L. & Feldman M.W. (1981): Cultural Transmission and Evolution: a quantitative approach, (Princeton University Press, Princeton). 
  Cullen B. (1998): "Parasite Ecology and the Evolution of Religion", in: Heylighen F. & Aerts D. (ed.) (1998): The Evolution of Complexity (Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht) 
  Dawkins R. (1976): The Selfish Gene, (Oxford University Press, New York). 
  Heylighen F. (1992) : "Selfish Memes and the Evolution of Cooperation", Journal of Ideas , Vol. 2, #4, pp 77-84. 
  Heylighen F. (1993): “Selection Criteria for the Evolution of Knowledge”, in: Proc. 13th Int. Congress on Cybernetics (Association Internat. de Cybernétique,  Namur), p. 524-528.
  Heylighen F. (1997):"Objective, subjective and intersubjective selectors of  knowledge", Evolution and Cognition 3:1, p. 63-67.
  Heylighen F. & Dewaele J-M. (1998): “Formality of Language: definition, measurement and behavioral determinants”, submitted to Behavioral and  Brain Sciences
  Moritz E. (1990): "Memetic Science: I - General Introduction", Journal of Ideas 1, p. 1-23 
  Van Overwalle, F., & Heylighen, F. (1995): “Relating covariation information to causal dimensions through principles of contrast and invariance”, European Journal of Social Psychology.,25, p. 435-455.
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  - soc-psy
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title: 'What makes a meme successful? Selection criteria for cultural evolution'
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