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At 11:50 AM 09/02/02 -0500, "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu>
wrote:
>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.
That is not far from my definition, though having published in 1988, I
claim precedence. <grin>
I had not thought about the "meme about memes" causing differential
selection to happen to other memes, but now that I think about it,
recognizing that some idea/social movement is a meme should have an
effect. Possibly positve.
Keith
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