From: "Hans-Cees Speel" <hanss@sepa.tudelft.nl>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 11:03:51 MET
Subject: Re: memetics-digest V1 #21
> > 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?
I am afraid I do not understand the question:-( Was it part of an
example?
greetings
Hans-Cees
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