About
Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of memes -- concepts that are literally alive.
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Credits and licence
- Institution
- TED
- Department
- TED2002
- Speaker
- Dan Dennett
- Year
- 2002
- Level
- For everyone
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Religion
- Source
- TED
- Licence
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- Attribution
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