memes

Definition of Meme

A meme is any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.

A meme is defined within memetic theory as a unit of cultural information, cultural evolution or diffusion that propagates from one mind to another analogously to the way in which a gene propagates from one organism to another as a unit of genetic information and of biological evolution. Multiple memes may propagate as cooperative groups called memeplexes (meme complexes). Via Wikipedia.

Biologist and evolutionary theorist Richard Dawkins coined the term meme in 1976. He gave as examples tunes, catch-phrases, beliefs, clothing fashions, ways of making pots, and the technology of building arches.

Meme theorists contend that memes evolve by natural selection similarly to Charles Darwin's theory of biological evolution through the processes of variation, mutation, competition, and inheritance influencing an organism's reproductive success. So with memes, some ideas will propagate less successfully and become extinct, while others will survive, spread, and, for better or for worse, mutate. Memeticists argue that the memes most beneficial to their hosts will not necessarily survive; rather, those memes that replicate the most effectively spread best, which allows for the possibility that successful memes may prove detrimental to their hosts.

Top Blog Posts of all Time on Memes.org

  1. What Are Shadow People and Why the Fedora?
  2. Tom Cruise, Royal Blood, 10 Horns, Alpha Draconis, Dagon, Hollow Earth, Flying Dragons, Illuminati, Blue Bloods, Human Gils
  3. Man Blasts Himself Into Space
  4. Paranoid Shift
  5. More Persuasive Speech Topics
  6. Definition of Meme
  7. Kroll,
    Inc Provides Secret Service FoolProof Data Recovery Software: White
    House Has Tools To Restore Rove Emails & CIA Video!
  8. Priscilla
    Presley Claimed On Larry King That "Elvis' Twin Alive Today"..Yoko Ono,
    Ft. Detrick; Ft. Chaffee, PsyOps & MarkChapman
  9. Tat-oooohh, "Tattily A-tired"! Ink-Lovers Unite! "Nancy Pelosi in East Germany! WOW!" Can Little Bush Be Far Behind?
  10. 800 FEMA PRISON CAMPS: TIME TO TAKE THE GLOVES OFF! vs "The Meme Driven Life"
  11. 935 Lies By Bush, Powell, Rumsfeld, Rice & Wulfowitz To Start Iraq War: "What Didn't They Know and When Didn't They Know IT?
  12. General Dynamics & GE/NBC Leading Suppliers of Depleted Uranium; GE AN GAU 8; 22' Long Nuclear Manure Spreaders!
  13. Explore a Big List of Google Trends
  14. Abraham
    & The Oil God, Phoenician Child Sacrifice, Masonic 33rd Degree;
    Tanit & Great Seal of US; "V" The Face of the Bull
  15. The "EX-US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NASA & Godless "ASS-TEROIDS"
  16. "The Little Smoking Lear Jet Engine That Could" Navy Kidnapping US Citizens (N71PG & N157A-Aruba) Nathalie Holloway?
  17. US Supreme Court To Decide: If Guantanamo Is US Territory Then 80% of Nevada Is British Territory! Rest Is Owned By UK Citizens
  18. There's Nothing Jewish About the Jewish State
  19. Memes.org Temporary Posting Cease Fire This Saturday Morning EST
  20. "The War For Space"! Ford "Faked" Warren Commission Report To Hide Trajectory! Shooter In Trunk of Limo? (Bush or Nixon?)
  21. Saskwatch In Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania..Sept 16th, 2007 (or my Brother-in-Law)
  22. THe Story Of Three Little Pigs: How Jules Kroll , Elliott Spitzer, Michael Chertoff came to be the leaders in the Free World!
  23. The LOLCat Meme Makes Me Crazy
  24. US State Dept May Have Paid To Train 9/11 Terrorists In Special Operations?
  25. Wired: Gallery: Measuring the History of Electricity
  26. "V" for Victory; "V" Peace Sign To Strangers' "V"-Roman Numeral 5; "Beethoven's Vth"; Morse Code "...-"and the Dane Law!
  27. Rh-Factor Negative Blood (Rh=Rhesus Monkey Factor) vs AIDS spread by Chimpanzees..Bio War Against Royal Blood Line?
  28. Senator Larry Craig...The Masonic "Two Ball Cane" Addict! Masonic "G"-Henna" Hell-Star in Gemini means "Mastabator" in Sumerian!
  29. AMEC (40% Deutsche Bank) Pz w Chevron/bin Ladens; hardened Pentagon; WTC 9/11 CleanUp; Edited 9/11 Video? Prgrmd NYSE Opt/Trad
  30. Stolen Cruise Missile With Nukes: 40.07; Nevada Desert; 100 Private Planes & Steve Fossett; Secret C-130 Flights To Libya?
  31. Photo Record Of What WE Lost Since Bush Family Took Office!
  32. Some Examples of Memetic Engineering
  33. NASA Photo Shows Humanoid Figure on Mars?
  34. Lori Gottlieb on Marriage and Settling: Marry Him!
  35. "NEW" Northwest Passage: Canada vs US; Global Warming Or Nuclear Re-Engineering The Arctic
  36. Top End Times Meme?
  37. Vivienne Westwood Manifesto: Active resistance to propaganda
  38. 9/11: A Revolution in Military Affairs

Sustainability

Sustainability is a hot button topic right now. Almost every country
has shown some interest in getting involved with the sustainability
movement at the risk of being looked at as wasteful and environmentally
unfriendly. Even the US government has begun backtracking on their
previously denying of global warming. But what is sustainability
really? Many people associate sustainability with being green however
that is only one small part of the total picture.

Sustainability

Sustainability is a hot button topic right now. Almost every country has shown some interest in getting involved with the sustainability movement at the risk of being looked at as wasteful and environmentally unfriendly. Even the US government has begun backtracking on their previously denying of global warming. But what is sustainability really? Many people associate sustainability with being green however that is only one small part of the total picture.

What Should the Next Poll Be on Memes.org?

So, guys, now that I have listened to the masses and removed that ads, what sort of polling question should I ask?  Maybe it should be simple: McCain or Obama?  Please let me know via the comments.

No More Ads on Memes.org!

My friends! I have listened to your requests for me to remove advertising from Memes.org in the poll I have had on the site for months now, Should I Remove the Ads from Memes.org? - 36 votes: 58% in favor of removing the ads is good enough for me. Does this make you happier? What should the next poll be? Please put your suggestions in the comments below!

Blackbird Has Spoken

It's time I came clean. This story is going to be hard to believe. I mean, I would be pretty sceptical if someone told me what I'm about to tell you. This year I actually spoke to a bird. And yes, that's the feathered variety. It's a true story. I might as well just tell it and you can make your own mind up. 

(by Joe Magee 2002)

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