Complex ideas cannot be copied by imitation, because what is visible is the behaviour and what must be passed on is the rule behind it; each recipient re-creates the idea as a conjecture and tests it. Transmission is creative re-explanation, so more communication alone does not align understanding.

Evidence 2 passages

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  Complex memes do not mandate specific bodily actions, but rules. We can see the actions, but not the rules. So how do we replicate them. We replicate them by creativity.

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  They are created afresh by the recipient. They are conjectural explanations, which are then subjected to criticism and testing before being tentatively adopted.

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