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Using the ‘meme’ conception (Dawkins 1976) of cultural transmission and computer simulations, an exploration is made of the relationship between agents, their beliefs about their environment, communication of those beliefs, and the global behaviours that emerge. This paper builds on previous work using the Minimeme model (Bura 1994). The model is extended to incorporate ‘metamemes’ (beliefs about beliefs). In the simulation scenarios presented, such beliefs have dramatic effects, increasing the optimality of population distribution and the accuracy of existing beliefs.
This paper is based on Hales(1995).
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Hales, D. (1997). Modelling Meta-Memes. In: Conte, R., Hegselmann, R., Terna, P. (eds) Simulating Social Phenomena. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 456. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03366-1_31
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