On 10/25/06, Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From Merriam Webster online, a meme is "an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture." I would think once "theory" is appended, the concept is no longer a meme; it moves into the realm of science, and in fact evolution is embraced by all scientists. Likewise the Big Bang. Saddam's keeping WMD is a meme, i.e., an unsupported allegation that began as an effort to manipulate public opinion and then lived on as fact until disproved.
I note only that my usage is perfectly consistent with Miriam Webster while yours is an unsupported assertion. But, hey, as Tweedledee and Tweedledum observed, words can mean what we want them to mean.
John
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