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Yes, this is true. For example:

I got the word "meme" and the concept of a cultural "virus" from the book "The Selfish Gene", by Richard Dawkins. (Yes, I own a copy of it and have read the whole thing.) I'd read that before memes had come into popularity online, so I still think in his broader definition.

The general idea is the groups rise and fall with the combined strength of their genes and memes; a combination of sexual selection and tradition, basically.

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MichaelJ 2y ago

This is the best definition of "meme". Memes are the mental building blocks of culture, and culture is what makes humanity so flexible in adapting to new challenges and environments.

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