Meme
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A meme identifies ideas, practices or beliefs that are transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another (from one person or group of people to another person or group of people). It identifies a basic unit of cultural information. The concept comes from an analogy: as [[Gene|genes]] transmit biological information, memes can be said to transmit idea and belief information. | A meme identifies ideas, practices or beliefs that are transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another (from one person or group of people to another person or group of people). It identifies a basic unit of cultural information. The concept comes from an analogy: as [[Gene|genes]] transmit biological information, memes can be said to transmit idea and belief information. | ||
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| + | A single meme or idea can be considered as "soul dust", for example a quote from someone who is no longer living. Although he is no longer living, he has left traces of his existence in this particular sentence. | ||
== Reconstruct a Mind == | == Reconstruct a Mind == | ||
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maybe [[Meme|memes]] can be considered as | maybe [[Meme|memes]] can be considered as | ||
blueprints to construct [[Mind|minds]]. | blueprints to construct [[Mind|minds]]. | ||
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