Is Self-Replication Required for the Growth of Knowledge?

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Dennis Hackethal·#4049

My neo-Darwinian approach to the mind suggests that minds evolve knowledge through the imperfect replication of ideas.

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Dennis Hackethal·#4050

Some people (most notably Ella Hoeppner) have argued that replication isn’t necessary for evolution to take place. All you need is variation and selection.

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Dennis Hackethal·#4054

As I wrote in #4051, it doesn’t matter to me whether replication is necessary for evolution to take place. I’m open to the idea that it isn’t. But what I’d like instead is some argument why it couldn’t figure in the evolution that happens in the mind.

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