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The term "meme" (IPA: ), coined in 1976 by Richard Dawkins, refers to a replicator of cultural information that one mind transmits (verbally or by demonstration) to another mind. Dawkins said, Examples of memes are tunes, catch-phrases, clothes fashions, ways of making pots or of building arches. Other examples include deities, concepts, ideas, theories, opinions, beliefs, practices, habits, dances and moods which propagate within a culture. A meme propagates itself as a unit of cultural evolution analogous in many ways to the gene (the unit of genetic information). Often memes propagate as more-or-less integrated cooperative sets or groups, referred to as memeplexes or meme-complexes.
Some proponents of memes suggest that memes have, as a fundamental property, evolution via natural selection — in a way very similar to Charles Darwin's ideas concerning biological evolution — on the premise that replication, mutation, survival and competition influence them. For example, while one idea may become extinct, other ideas will survive, spread and mutate — for better or for worse — through modification.
Some meme-theorists contend that memes most beneficial to their hosts will not necessarily survive; rather, those memes which replicate the most effectively spread best; which allows for the possibility that successful memes might prove detrimental to their hosts.
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No memes till tomorrow
kconsul (kristopher consul) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:59:43 -0000
No memes till tomorrow
@norabz Les mêmes qui mettent de la gélatine.
XavierChaillot (Xavier Chaillot) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:55:55 -0000
@norabz Les mêmes qui mettent de la gélatine.
Reading (blogroll): Apparently: The 00âs were all about memes. Weâve entered a decade that⦠http://goo.gl/fb/3JNv
hellomilo (hellomilo) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:49:46 -0000
Reading (blogroll): Apparently: The 00’s were all about memes. We’ve entered a decade that… http://goo.gl/fb/3JNv
Nesse ano de 2010 os memes vão estar em um lugar especial em meu coração.........⥠http://j.mp/6A5E8l
khaous (carlos almeida) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:48:42 -0000
Nesse ano de 2010 os memes vão estar em um lugar especial em meu coração.........♥ http://j.mp/6A5E8l
Uau! 2009 acabou rápido! Apesar de não termos nem um ano de vida, já falamos cinco idiomas e a cada dia novos memes se j⦠http://j.mp/4LW5gc
DiguinhoPlay (diego ribeiro ) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:44:25 -0000
Uau! 2009 acabou rápido! Apesar de não termos nem um ano de vida, já falamos cinco idiomas e a cada dia novos memes se j… http://j.mp/4LW5gc
Photo: HOLY BALLS PEDOBEAR AND PALINDROMES?!?!?! TODD SOLONDZ NEEDS TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT MEMES AND INTERNET... http://tumblr.com/xat55ppj2
forminvoltron (Alexey Rudestoevsky) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:23:48 -0000
Photo: HOLY BALLS PEDOBEAR AND PALINDROMES?!?!?! TODD SOLONDZ NEEDS TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT MEMES AND INTERNET... http://tumblr.com/xat55ppj2
Lostfrog.org - Artistic creations inspired by a sign for a lost frog.
Meme, Counter-meme - Mike Godwin reflects on Godwin's Law in Wired.
Memepool.com - Directory of contributed links. Also an archive and contact information.
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