# Dan Dennett on dangerous memes

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.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2007
- Runtime: 15 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Religion
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/DanDennett_2002)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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