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How do two new books on consciousness close in on the elusive field?

Susan Blackmore — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000

The Four Realms of Existence by Joseph LeDoux and Consciousness by John Parrington tell us a lot about human cognition, brain structure and evolution – but most of all they demonstrate how far this most tricky of quests still has to go

AI is evolving for its own benefit, not ours

Susan Blackmore — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0000

Our creation of artificial intelligence has unleashed a third evolutionary process that we don't understand and can't control, warns Susan Blackmore, author of The Meme Machine

Evolution’s third replicator: Genes, memes, and now what?

Susan Blackmore — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:00:00 +0000

There's a new type of evolution going on and it may not be to our liking, says Susan Blackmore

Help find a name for the third replicator

Susan Blackmore — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0000

There are genes, memes and now what? If there is a third replicator already among us, what should we call it?

In a lecture I gave at the in Monterey, California, I talked about “techno-memes”, but since I was claiming these are not just another kind of meme but are something new, I wanted a name without “meme” in. So I called them “temes”. “Genes, memes and temes” trips off the tongue, and I like the resonance, but it’s too easy to confuse “temes” with “teams” or “teems”.

Can you come up with a better name? I put out a call on and have had about 30 suggestions. Two Spanish speakers pointed out that in Spanish “teme” means “have fear”. They seemed to find that appropriate.

Here are just some of the ideas. Which do you think works best, or have you any better ones? To take part, just leave a comment below the article. We’ll keep you posted.

SYNTHEME for synthetic meme

MACHEME, CHEME or CHENE for machine meme

SOFTWEME for software memes

SYSTEME for the large systems involved

GEME, meaning God-like meme

SELE to rhyme with feel, and relate to silicon

TECHMEME, TECHEME or TMEMES abbreviations of technological memes

SHEEN from machine, and shiny

T-REP from technological replicator

ESEME for ex-silico meme

BYTEME, BYNE or BINE from bytes, bits and binary

TECPLICATOR from technical replicator

ARTEME, EME OR EEME artifical meme

Interview: Psychedelic healing

Susan Blackmore — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:00:00 +0000

Torsten Passie is one of the very few scientists in the world who dare to work on the positive effects of hallucinogenic drugs

The grand illusion

Susan Blackmore — Fri, 21 Jun 2002 23:00:00 +0000

That stream of experience we call consciousness is not what it seems, says Susan Blackmore. No wonder it's proving so hard to explain

Conscious effort

Susan Blackmore — Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0000

Serotonin, ergo sum

Susan Blackmore — Sat, 02 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0000

Hello, who are you?

Susan Blackmore — Fri, 29 Jun 2001 23:00:00 +0000

Into the unknown

Susan Blackmore — Sat, 04 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000

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