tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428844225155628097.post5327255001944745156..comments2023-10-24T07:22:12.797-07:00Comments on Blogs: the "meme"JKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658125810252546468noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428844225155628097.post-30034850302376131602008-12-17T19:59:00.000-08:002008-12-17T19:59:00.000-08:00Richard Dawkins, the biologist, invented the word ...Richard Dawkins, the biologist, invented the word "meme" as an analog to "gene" in his 1976 book "The Selfish Gene," but instead of information propagated genetically, a meme propagates from person to person culturally.<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>: "The term is derived from the Greek word mimema for mimic. Memes are cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate and are subject to selective pressures."<br><br>The field of study, logically enough, is called memetics.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06305726604191188040noreply@blogger.com