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Richard Dawkins coined the word, and it appeared in his book The Selfish Gene, 1976.
by ChrisGranger 4y ago
Richard Dawkins coined the word, and it appeared in his book The Selfish Gene, 1976.
- noobermin 4y agoI'm aware of the actual origin, it's the fact that it's used this way to refer to online "memes" even back then. It was due to the online usage that the term was adopted in wider popular usage.