Memetics is not simply the claim that ideas change over time; it is a more specific analogy to evolution, which is almost certainly false. At least to me, the fact that memes can be deliberately (ie non-randomly and intelligently) created and changed is enough to disprove the analogy.
Memetic engineering seems generally similar to genetic engineering. Memetic engineering doesn’t disprove Darwinian cultural evolution any more that genetic engineering disproves Darwinian organic evolution.
Memetic engineering seems generally similar to genetic engineering. Memetic engineering doesn’t disprove Darwinian cultural evolution any more that genetic engineering disproves Darwinian organic evolution.