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biology

A collection of 3 posts

evolution

Ears And Mouths Are Optimized For Speech

In Medium-Message Fit, we showed how a given medium (like brains or text) determines the kinds of messages that can live on it. But the medium is not fixed. Memes can change their

  • Rhys Lindmark
    Rhys Lindmark
1 min read
cultural evolution

Biology-Culture Fit

Biology-culture fit is the extent to which cultural adaptations fit onto our biological anchors. For example, we can't make biological ants believe in a Sun God. Ants' simple biology isn't a good anchor

  • Rhys Lindmark
    Rhys Lindmark
2 min read
evolution

Fitness Landscapes Should Have These Three Dimensions

A fitness landscape [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitness_landscape] is a helpful tool for thinking about biological and memetic evolution—which information will be successful in a given environment. Unfortunately, most fitness

  • Rhys Lindmark
    Rhys Lindmark
5 min read
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