definition of a meme is “that which is imitated” ( from the Greek “mimeme”, but see Aunger 2001, Blackmore 1998). In other words, a meme is not some independently existing…
definition of a meme is “that which is imitated” ( from the Greek “mimeme”, but see Aunger 2001, Blackmore 1998). In other words, a meme is not some independently existing…
Darwin’s Meme: On the origin of culture by means of natural selection
are the evolved creatures of two replicators, not one; of memes as well as genes. The memes our ancestors copied have sculpted our brains to become ever better meme machines,…
The Evolution of Meme Machines – French Translation
de simples groupes de mèmes. Un groupe de mèmes qui travaillent ensemble est appelé « complexe co-adapté de mèmes » ou « mèmeplexe ». Un des exemples est le type…
meme; (2) the life span of a meme can be either long or short, and whoever is affected by a meme and spreads it is likely to become the meme’s…
I? A conglomeration of memes – a massive memeplex living in a brain. Many illusions are created by the memes and, if this view of memetics is true, we are…
Dawkins’s Meme: On the origin of culture by means of natural selection
of two replicators, not one; of memes as well as genes. The memes our ancestors copied have sculpted our brains to become ever better meme machines, giving us a love…
The God Meme – Why Faith is So Infectious
most of human evolution, giving ample time for the memetic driving of human genes. As a result of these two processes, religious memes have succeeded in creating meme machines that…
the physical “hosts” needed for the memes to get around. This is how the world looks from a “meme’s eye view”. Meme fear This is a scary idea indeed. And…
a strange collection of surprisingly powerful memes. Memes, in case you have not come across Richard Dawkins’s (1976) term for cultural replicators, are ideas, habits, skills, or behaviours that are…
Dismantling the selfplex ; meme machines and the nature of consciousness
are meme machines; selective imitators, who spend our lives copying memes. Why then do we have selves? A self is a co-adapted meme complex (or memeplex) whose function is to…