RE: Meta-memes?

From: Lawrence DeBivort (debivort@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Sat Feb 09 2002 - 16:50:56 GMT

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From: "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu>
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Subject: RE: Meta-memes?
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    At the Memetics Group, we use the term 'meta-meme' to refer to those memes
    that address issues of memetics, learning, knowledge, authority. That is, a
    meta-meme is a meme about memes and their nature.

    Does this make sense? It is always easier to explain this with a diagram. It
    consists of a circle, with the word 'memes' written in it, and then a much
    smaller circle off to the side, with a arrow pointing to the big circle and
    the word 'meta-meme' in it.

    Lawrence

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
    > Of Philip Jonkers
    > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:50 PM
    > To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Subject: Meta-memes?
    >
    >
    > Keith, or anyone else who can answer this question:
    >
    > What exactly are meta-memes?

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