• @[email protected]
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        64 months ago

        I have to head off to work, can you give me a quick lowdown on this scientific meme definition?

        • the dopamine fiend
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          324 months ago

          Meme : Gene :: Culture : Species

          A Dawkinsian “meme” is like an idea-unit that can take hold and thrive in the landscape of imagination, developing into culture or philosophy if it spreads widely enough.

          • EleventhHour
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            94 months ago

            That’s a really good definition

          • Codex
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            84 months ago

            Good definition! I’ll often say it is a “primary unit of cultural exchange.” I consider a lot of things memes: internet memes of course, songs, scenes from movies, plot tropes, characters, basically any bit of culture that can be encapsulated and identified as a distinct entity.