Ants, terrorism, and the awesome power of memes

By DAN DENNETT, TED
Added: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:00:00 UTC

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[ Filmed Feb 2002; Posted Jul 2007 ] 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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