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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>memetics</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="meme-plague.html" title="meme plague"/><link rel="next" href="memory-farts.html" title="memory farts"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">memetics</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="meme-plague.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="memory-farts.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="memetics"/><dt xmlns="" id="memetics"><b>memetics</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/me<6D>met<65>iks/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from <a href="meme.html"><i class="glossterm">meme</i></a>] The study of memes. As of early
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2003, this is still an extremely informal and speculative endeavor, though
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the first steps towards at least statistical rigor have been made by
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H. Keith Henson and others. Memetics is a popular topic for speculation
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among hackers, who like to see themselves as the architects of the new
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information ecologies in which memes live and replicate.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="meme-plague.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="memory-farts.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">meme plague<75></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>memory farts</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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