The term "meme" was coined by Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene (1976), to describe something which was mental but had "genetic properties" of transmission and evolution.
It is still very strange that a video game from that year would ever refer to this usage of the term. Internet meme, as a term, came much later, certainly several years after 2000. Not only that, but the idea of a "Meme War"?
It's the same definition. Many internet memes are ironic, and thus not entirely serious, scientific memes, but that's the humor. To suggest that they are.
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chirogonemd ago
The term "meme" was coined by Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene (1976), to describe something which was mental but had "genetic properties" of transmission and evolution.
It is still very strange that a video game from that year would ever refer to this usage of the term. Internet meme, as a term, came much later, certainly several years after 2000. Not only that, but the idea of a "Meme War"?
AbjectSubstance ago
It's the same definition. Many internet memes are ironic, and thus not entirely serious, scientific memes, but that's the humor. To suggest that they are.