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memetics

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[muh-met-iks, mee-] / məˈmɛt ɪks, mi- /

noun

  1. the academic study of memes; a theory of how memes spread and evolve within a culture.


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The magazine urged readers to “photocopy pages and paste them around your town” – a kind of analogue memetics.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2024

The problem, he says, is that memetics assumes the brain is essentially passive, like a Petri dish awaiting infection.

From Time Magazine Archive

One advantage of memetics over tradition, Dennett points out, is that it can explain consciousness without resorting to a little man in the back of the head calling all the shots.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I think memetics is an utterly silly idea," he complains.

From Time Magazine Archive

The formalism of memetics reminds many of us of formal languages, as well as of the shorthand used in genetics.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

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