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An explanation of the field of memetics and how it explains why people believe things that aren't true. This video isn’t sponsored. If you want to support me, here are the best ways to do it: 1) Watch the whole video 2) Share it with a friend 3) Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rchapman If you're interested, I create more casual videos for Patreon and for people signed up to my YouTube membership program. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6FO-Up1-oLj5nNivCNHL-Q/join Instagram https://www.instagram.com/realryanchapman/ 0:00 Intro 0:44 Memes Vs. Genes 03:48 Memes and Memeplexes 05:00 What's The Point? 06:46 Recap 07:15 Memetic Diamonds 08:07 Takeaways 10:13 A Third Replicator? Sources: The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins The Meme Machine - Susan Blackmore The Selfish Meme - Kate Distin Thought Contagion - Aaron Lynch Also lectures by Dan Dannett like this one: http://y2u.be/L1B8u6-y-c8