Anyone else have examples of Pascal’s Mugging or memetic viruses?
Out of curiosity, what makes a thought a memetic virus rather than merely a thought? Is it only the negative utility associated with it, or it’s ability to spread and replicate itself or something else?
Out of curiosity, what makes a thought a memetic virus rather than merely a thought? Is it only the negative utility associated with it, or it’s ability to spread and replicate itself or something else?
I think the difference is that the memetic virus contains the instructions for its own spreading...