Memetics

Memetics is the scientific approach to evolutionary models of information transfer based on the concept of the meme.

Terminology

Memeoid

Memeoid is a neologism for people who have been taken over by a meme to the extent that that their own survival becomes inconsequential. Examples include kamikazes, suicide bombers and cult members who commit mass suicide.

Related Topics:
Kamikaze - Suicide bomber - Cult

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The term was apparently coined by H. Keith Henson in "Memes, L5 and the Religion of the Space Colonies," L5 News, 1985 pp 5-8, http://cfpm.org/~majordom/memetics/2000/16177.html and referenced in Richard Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene, 2nd ed., page 330. ISBN 0-19-286092-5.

Related Topics:
Keith Henson - Richard Dawkins

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Memotype

Memotype is the actual information-content of a meme.

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Meme-complex

A meme-complex (sometimes abbreviated memeplex) is a collection or grouping of memes which have evolved into a mutually supportive or symbiotic relationship. Simply put, a meme-complex is a set of ideas that reinforce each other. Meme-complexes are roughly analogous to the symbiotic collection of individual genes which make up the genetic codes of biological organisms.

Related Topics:
Symbiotic - Gene

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