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The dark side of thinking through other minds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2020

Sander Van de Cruys Open the ORCID record for Sander Van de Cruys [Opens in a new window]  and
Francis Heylighen Open the ORCID record for Francis Heylighen [Opens in a new window]
Sander Van de Cruys
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, KU Leuven, BE-3000Leuven, Belgium. sander.vandecruys@kuleuven.be www.sandervandecruys.be
Francis Heylighen
Affiliation:
Center Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. fheyligh@vub.ac.be http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
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Abstract

We show that TTOM has a lot to offer for the study of the evolution of cultures, but that this also brings to the fore the dark implications of TTOM, unexposed in Veissière et al. Those implications lead us to move beyond meme-centered or an organism-centered concept of fitness based on free-energy minimization, toward a social system-centered view.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e116
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