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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> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <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·met´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
2003, this is still an extremely informal and speculative endeavor, though
the first steps towards at least statistical rigor have been made by
H. Keith Henson and others. Memetics is a popular topic for speculation
among hackers, who like to see themselves as the architects of the new
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> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="memory-farts.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">meme plague </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> memory farts</td></tr></table></div></body></html>