Re: More kemes (was: Re: We luv the guv't)

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Jan 22 1998 - 12:09:35 MST

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Thom Quinn <swo@execpc.com> writes:

> I must have missed this earlier, what is a keme?

It is a hypothetical "super-meme"; what memes are to humans, kemes are
to memes. The term originated in one of Gregory Benford's novels,
_Sailing Bright Eternity_.

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