Memetic Methodology

Memetics often takes concepts from the theory of evolution
(especially population genetics) and applies them to human culture.
Memetics also uses mathematical models to try to explain many very
controversial subjects such as religion and political systems.
Principal criticisms of memetics include the claim that memetics
ignores established advances in the fields (such as sociology,
cognitive psychology, social psychology, etc.) most relevant to the
claims and methodologies of memetics.

Memeticists generate much memetic terminology by prepending
'mem(e)-' to an existing, usually biological, term or by putting
'mem(e)' in place of 'gen(e)' in various terms. Examples include: meme
pool, memotype, memetic engineer, meme-complex.