mimetic

adj 1: characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis; "a

mimetic dance"; "the mimetic presentation of images"

2: exhibiting mimicry; "mimetic coloring of a butterfly"; "the

mimetic tendency of infancy"- R.W.Hamilton

memetics

/me-met'iks/ The study of {memes}.

As of mid-1993, this is still an extremely informal and

speculative endeavor, though the first steps towards at least

statistical rigor have been made by H. Keith Henson and

others. Memetics is a popular topic for speculation among

hackers, who like to see themselves as the architects of the

new information ecologies in which memes live and replicate.

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(2000-01-09)