vendredi, août 27, 2004 Memes and memes and more memes A rather interesting discovery, which I think many of you will appreciate for its sheer monstrous dedication to locating crossing fads - e.g. Lego & Star Wars, Microsoft and Star Wars (Microsith), and some others.What is a Meme? (pronounced /meem/) /meem/ [coined on analogy with `gene' by Richard Dawkins] n. An idea considered as a {replicator}, esp. with the connotation that memes parasitize people into propagating them much as viruses do. Used esp. in the phrase `meme complex' denoting a group of mutually supporting memes that form an organized belief system, such as a religion. This lexicon is an (epidemiological) vector of the `hacker subculture' meme complex; each entry might be considered a meme. However, `meme' is often misused to mean `meme complex'. Use of the term connotes acceptance of the idea that in humans (and presumably other tool- and language-using sophonts) cultural evolution by selection of adaptive ideas has superseded biological evolution by selection of hereditary traits. Hackers find this idea congenial for tolerably obvious reasons. from chapter 35 of www.worldwideschool.org For other definitions, I pre-googled them for you here. [Memes and memes and more memes] |
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