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From: omni@topazio.dcc.ufmg.br (Lucio de Souza Coelho)
Subject: Re: Social Science and GA's
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In article <3fe1ku$tb@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, msanger@aol.com (MSanger) writes:
|> Does anybody know of research looking at the evolution of IDEAS using GA
|> as a
|> basis.  In particular I'm thinking of how the ruling metaphors of
|> psychology have changed over the centuries - from the idea of the four
|> humours, to demons, to freud's id, ego, superego, to cognative science....
|> Could one look at the metaphor (or theory if you like) as equivalent to
|> DNA, and the social/cultural mileu as the enviroment?
|> 
|> As the above shows, I'm new to this field, and am looking for some
|> direction.  Any information about GA's applied to social, cultural,
|> literary situations would be greatly appreciated.
|> Thanks,
|>     Michael Sanger

There is something about evolution of ideas in Dawkins, Richard, "The Selfish
Gene" (unfortunately, I don't have a more detailed reference). The last
chapter of this book is about memes, a vision of ideas as gene-like entities,
able to evolve following the same mechanisms of biological evolution (selection,
diversity, etc). I hope it may be useful to you.

Lucio

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Lucio de Souza Coelho
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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                       fazendo"
