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Meme: an information pattern, held in an individual's memory, which is capable of being copied to another individual's memory. Memetics: the theoretical and empirical science that studies the replication, spread and evolution of memes ...

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UK Memes Central This site will, we hope, become Meme Central for all things memetic in the UK. Visit our ! Visit the Meme Lab Command Bunker Meme Links Texts ``The Power of Memes'' in Scientific American, Vol 283 No 4, October 2000, p 52--61, by Dr Blackmore. In press: ``Darwinizing Culture: The Status of Memetics as a Science, '' Ed. RA Aunger, Oxford University Press. Dr Blackmore's chapter is ...

Transhuman Page Cultural Sphere Memetics Memetics is the study of ideas and concepts viewed as living organisms, capable of reproduction and evolution in an Ideosphere (similar to the Biosphere) consisting of the collective of human minds. Memes reproduce by spreading to new hosts, who will spread them further (typical examples are jokes, catchphrases or politicial ideas). At present ...

Structure of memes Modelling meme units The main criticism that can be raised against the memetic approach is that memes are difficult to define. What are the elements or units that make up a meme Does a meme correspond to a complete symphony, or to a symphonic movement, a melody, a musical phrase, or even a single note In order to model meme structure, we may use some concepts from cognitive ...

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