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by littlestymaar 808 days ago
> It's evolution. If something is better. It will take over.

That's not how the evolution works actually. How it really works is: “If it's better at spreading itself then it will take over”, but it says nothing about the intrinsic quality of the trait. And for memes (literally speaking, as described in the last Chapter of Dawkins' Selfish Gene) it means being cool enough for people to copy, no matter if it's actually more efficient at conveying information or anything.