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subvert the meme
Basic Account [Gift] Created on 2004-06-17 09:06:44 (#3514529), last updated 2011-03-14
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Basic Info| Name: | dissecting the meme |
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| Membership: | Open |
| Posting Access: | All Members, Moderated |
AboutA community created in the spirit of Richard Dawkins, writer of "The Selfish Gene" and the first person to really quantify the term "meme." What is a meme? Generally it is a thought, or an idea with certain traits and identifiers, a mental "gene." Some describe memes as "virii of the mind," thoughts that get passed from mind to mind, modifying themselves as they go, in order to "push" one of the basic psychological buttons.
Some people make a study of memes and how they propogate and pass through the community. These people are usually in marketing, or politics. They are using the meme to goet you to buy what they are selling.
THE PURPOSE OF DAWKINS HAMMER IS:: To simply recognize and or subvert the meme. identify current memes, debate them, debunk them, make fun of them, spread them, discuss what psychological roots exist to facilitate their spread. Awareness is 99% of the problem. A meme unexamined is a meme well armed.
DAWKINS HAMMER ISN'T:: a place to post the latest quiz.
Some people make a study of memes and how they propogate and pass through the community. These people are usually in marketing, or politics. They are using the meme to goet you to buy what they are selling.
THE PURPOSE OF DAWKINS HAMMER IS:: To simply recognize and or subvert the meme. identify current memes, debate them, debunk them, make fun of them, spread them, discuss what psychological roots exist to facilitate their spread. Awareness is 99% of the problem. A meme unexamined is a meme well armed.
DAWKINS HAMMER ISN'T:: a place to post the latest quiz.
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