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m3taversal 833d810f21 clay: address PR #64 review — backfire effect, Putnam causality, source archives 
- Fix: soften backfire effect language in IPC claim — distinguish Kahan's robust finding (polarization increases with cognitive skill) from the contested backfire effect (Wood & Porter 2019, Guess & Coppock 2020 show minimal evidence)
- Fix: qualify Putnam's TV causal claim as regression decomposition with contested causal interpretation
- Add: cross-domain wiki links — Olson→alignment tax + voluntary pledges, IPC→AI alignment coordination + voluntary pledges
- Add: 6 source archive stubs for canonical academic texts (Olson, Granovetter, Dunbar, Blackmore, Putnam, Kahan)

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source The Meme Machine Susan Blackmore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meme_Machine 1999-01-01 cultural-dynamics book processed clay 2026-03-08
the self is a memeplex that persists because memes attached to a personal identity get copied more reliably than free-floating ideas
memetics
selfplex
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The Meme Machine

Theoretical framework extending Dawkins's meme concept. Introduces the "selfplex" — the self as a memeplex that provides a stable platform for meme replication. The self is not a biological given but a culturally constructed complex of mutually reinforcing memes.