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In article <Jun.10.21.24.35.1991.17960@planchet.rutgers.edu> josh@cs.rutgers.edu writes:

>I've gotten a couple of requests about what a "meme" is.
...
>This of course leads to a lot more questions than answers;  most
>of these questions remain open.  There is a lot of very interesting
>work to be done.
>
>--JoSH

JoSH, could you tell us what some of your questions are?  I don't have
a clue as to which direction you are thinking.

  Tom Schneider
  National Cancer Institute
  Laboratory of Mathematical Biology
  Frederick, Maryland  21702-1201
  toms@ncifcrf.gov

[(a) we don't even have a classification system for memes.  Would 
 the Dewey Decimal system work? or would that be like classifying
 animals by color?  Is there some relatively limited number of 
 memetic "hook" mechanisms?
 (b) Are there regularities in the propagation of memes that can
 be expressed as laws like Mendelian genetics?  Are there any results
 in related fields such as information theory, computer science, 
 economics, psychology, and of course biology that provide more
 than metaphorical guidance?
 (c) It would be a monumental task simply to try to particular 
 memes making up any significant body of knowledge (or, as I like
 to put it for things like astrology, body of ignorance), much less
 all of them.
 (d) and for crissakes, let's invent a word to mean "memetic organism"
 or "meme complex"!
 --JoSH]