▲ 38 ▼ Which internet meme, if somehow erased from ever emerging, might have the biggest impact? (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments Is there a fundamental internet meme that has had such a major impact that it would have notable repercussions if it had somehow disappeared?
[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Does it have to be an internet meme? Also does God count as a meme? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Meme was coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene in 1976, and defined as the equivalent of a gene but for more abstract ideas (because the gene is ultimately just a unit of information as well). I don't remember for sure if religion is specifically an example he personally used, but if it's not it's very comfortably in the same vein. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Religion is a memeplex in Dawkins’s conception permalink fedilink source parent
[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Meme was coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene in 1976, and defined as the equivalent of a gene but for more abstract ideas (because the gene is ultimately just a unit of information as well). I don't remember for sure if religion is specifically an example he personally used, but if it's not it's very comfortably in the same vein. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Religion is a memeplex in Dawkins’s conception permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Religion is a memeplex in Dawkins’s conception permalink fedilink source parent