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You used the word in the sense it commonly used, which is something like "often-repeated" or, more frequently, "shared a lot on social media." While I agree th
by jordanpg 3y ago
You used the word in the sense it commonly used, which is something like "often-repeated" or, more frequently, "shared a lot on social media."
While I agree that this is consistent with the WP definition in the broadest sense, it isn't really what Dawkins had in mind in the Selfish Gene.
- spencerchubb 3y agoMy understanding is that a meme spreads through memetics similar to how a gene spreads through genetics. Ideas will spread that are fit for reproduction, i.e. communication. Oftentimes memes are powerful at reproducing, but in science we don't want ideas that are likely to spread. We want ideas that are truthful