Re: memetics-digest V1 #21

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:40:12 -0800

Message-Id: <199802252337.PAA14294@eve.speakeasy.org>
From: "Tim Rhodes" <proftim@speakeasy.org>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: memetics-digest V1 #21
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:40:12 -0800

Rob wrote:

> However in order for memes to reproduce, there must be some medium
> by which memes can be transfered/invoked. If a meme is commonly
> invoked by a specific word or set of instructions, does not the meme
> exist partially in that external medium?

Do we have a terminology for this yet? I have heard this called a `memetic
artifact' before--is that considered common usage in the community?

-Tim Rhodes

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