Memetics papers on the web. Memetics. Memetics is the study of ideas and concepts viewed as "living" organisms, capable of reproduction and evolution in an "Ideosphere" (similar to the Biosphere) consisting of the collective of human minds. Memes reproduce by spreading to new hosts, who will spread them further (typical examples are jokes, catchphrases or politicial ideas). At present memetics is somewhat controversial. Partly this is due to misunderstandings about what it means, leading to claims that it excludes human free will, creativity and progress, and that it is bad science. This will likely change in time, as the field matures. Sections Memetic Theory Examples of memetics Debate Individual Memes Other Sites Books See Also Memetic Theory Viruses of the Mind by Richard Dawkins.
Journal of Memetics: Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission. Memetics: On a conceptual framework for cultural evolution by Hans-Cees Speel. Memetic Science: I - General introduction by Elan Moritz. Memetic Lexicon by Glenn Grant. Memetics. The Art of Memetics by Wes Unruh, Edward Wilson. The Third Replicator. Susan Blackmore: Memes and "temes"