Equation 7 · Part 1 · Humanity Has Always Been a Human–Technology System
Symbol j
What this part means
j is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
j is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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The passage around this formula
where is context-dependent cultural fitness and represents transformation or transmission from variant i to j . The equation is illustrative, not a claim that beliefs have fixed genes or that cultural change is reducible to one replicator law. Unlike alleles, cultural variants can be intentionally modified, horizontally transmitted, blended, externally stored, and adopted because of prestige, conformity, coercion, or institutional mandate.
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Sources cited in the article section
- [1] Cultural learning ↗
- [3] The cultural niche: Why social learning is essential for human adaptation ↗
- [2] How culture shaped the human genome: bringing genetics and the human sciences together ↗
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