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It's funny that meme has become so synonymous with internet memes, because that seems to be one of the few places it might actually work, esp. due to high fidelity copying. Meme-like concepts have been around for quite a while, e.g., A.O. Lovejoy's "unit idea," which is not really scientific, but he wrote some pretty interesting history.

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)00:16, 14 March 2012

Indeed, with relatively minor mutations until something just suitable for the environment comes around and then BAM, reproduction everywhere. Have we missed the chance to study the Kony 2012 thing and its descent into backlash?

Scarlet A.pngbomination00:30, 14 March 2012