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minus-squaredouble_quack@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-215 days agoActually, the word “meme” was introduced as a reference to the word “gene”. A “meme” would be a similar concept but in a cultural (rather than biological) realm. it is “a unit of cultural transmission”—the cultural equivalent of a gene https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/meme-word-origins-history
Actually, the word “meme” was introduced as a reference to the word “gene”. A “meme” would be a similar concept but in a cultural (rather than biological) realm.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/meme-word-origins-history