The prefix meta means beyond, through, around, over, under....etc. Choose your own preposition. Therefore metaevolution may be a conservative philosophy that says follow the principle of least action. It may be a liberal or progressive viewpoint that trumpets the triumphs of cooperation. It may be a pragmatic philosophy or a dogmatic one (it sometimes amazes me how scientists can be dogmatic...wtf?). This may help; think of evolution as poetry. Someone created the poetry with a definite meaning in mind. But by the act of reading the poetry, we create our own definition and apply it to our own lives. That's metaevolution!
If that's still unclear, here's another definition that didn't make the top ten list, but is probably the simplest and truest definition so far... Metaevolution is the process of humanity transforming into Deity...Enjoy
Top ten Definitions of MetaEvolution
I've recounted before how a google search for the word metaevolution in the year 2006 returned 9 of the first 10 results were my old webpage on journalspace.com...(sob!). The same search today brings up more results than one knows what to do with! Hopefully, this will help...
- The Evolution of Evolution:
This is some total BS posted by Paras Chopra that is basically a non-sequiter; the author at this site has written very little to support his definition, Google seems to love it though.
- Beyond Evolution:
This is the technical meaning of the word. The Greek prefix, meta, means beyond, through, over, around…etc. or any prepositional way of approaching a subject.
- The Study of Kittens:
Title of the first blog written by NSB. The first entry was published in June of 2004 and the title was meant to be funny and attract women.
- From context-
The overall direction or general trend of evolution. This definition is used by biologists who should know better.
- Pierre Levy from the University of Quebec was the first modern scientist to use the word in the late 90's. His definition basically said that we can apply evolutionary concepts to nonliving systems and living ones alike.
- “MetaEvolution: A Unified Field Theory of Evolution” by David Tow Hunter. This is just a book by a scientist, journalistic HACK! This book simply documents, it doesn't amplify...Enough said…
- The book “MetaEvolution” by Spanish author, Pedro Gonez Romero
This book seemed to be about current events and the price of oil, but I can only guess as it hasn't been translated into english yet.
- Third place is a tie between two very different authors who never even heard or the word. Isaac Asimov, the inventor of “Psycho History” helped shape the current view of MetaEvolution. Also, the Jesuit priest, Pierre Tielhard de Chardin, conceived the terms Omega Point and the Gaia concept.
- The current definition on Wiktionary: A branch of philosophy which uses concepts from biological evolution, such as natural selection and survival of the fittest, to investigate and explain various other phenomena. Similar to metaphysics, it can be used to explore controversial topics through the medium of gedankenexperiment, or thought experiment. Ultimately, MetaEvolution is about humanity's attempts at controlling the shape and direction of evolution.
- The Science Fiction definition: MetaEvolution is the scientific theory that all matter in the universe is connected by a pervasive field called the “Zero Point Field”. This definition of the theory also states that this field actively encourages Evolution