"The Selfish Gene is a popular text ... among a certain subculture but which isn't mainstream as far as I can tell." "broad academic or even intellectual credi

"The Selfish Gene is a popular text ... among a certain subculture but which isn't mainstream as far as I can tell." "broad academic or even intellectual credibility" I see what you did there. I don't see a problem with memetics being non-mainstream in the way it's described here. Sure. If you want a job doing something called _memetics_. If you want to gain clout and respectability among your peers for illuminating some dark corner of the worlds problems with your writing, memetics is not going to impress anyone. I say, More ideas the better!