@CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de to memes@lemmy.world • 2 days agoLet's have some diversitydiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1550
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minus-squarelime!linkfedilinkEnglish23•1 day agoimo the actual etymology is weirder it was invented by richard dawkins in the selfish gene in the 1970s it’s used to describe an “idea-gene”; something that spreads and mutates not through biological means but through communication like a mind-virus hence why it sounds like a portmanteau of “memory” and “gene”
minus-square@sznowicki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•23 hours agoDamn am i the only one who knows that meme comes from “culture gene”?
imo the actual etymology is weirder
it was invented by richard dawkins in the selfish gene in the 1970s
it’s used to describe an “idea-gene”; something that spreads and mutates not through biological means but through communication
like a mind-virus
hence why it sounds like a portmanteau of “memory” and “gene”
Damn am i the only one who knows that meme comes from “culture gene”?
The more you learn 🤓!