Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 10:01:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tim Rhodes <proftim@speakeasy.org>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: Meme transmission
Has anyone done any actual experiments to calculate the transmission rates
of memes in a give meme-sphere (culture)?
I'm thinking here along the lines of engineering a meme (or simple
meme-complex), making predictions about its success, releasing it into a
meme-sphere, and tracking its movement, growth, and adaption over time.
Has this been done (other than in advertising) and if so are the results
available?
It seems to me this would be a fairly easy task and could offer some
interesting results.
-Tim Rhodes
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