Would do the graphology (i.e. handwriting) meme...

[gemfyre]

But I don't have a scanner. :(

As redkam asked "What are memes anyway?"

I decided to answer.

Memes are "cultural genes".
The regular way of passing along traits in organisms is via genes.

Humans however seem to have done away with genetic selection (medical advancements and such have pretty much thrown natural selection out the window). Instead we seem to working on memes - we pass things on via culture, talking, writing, art etc. One person starts to use a hula hoop - pretty soon it's a craze taking on the world. That kinda thing.

The term was originally coined by Richard Dawkins (big name in Evolutionary science). I originally read about them in the book "Evolution - The Triumph of an Idea" by Carl Zimmer (awesome book, read it cover to cover). When I was watching the series on TV I wrote a little ponderance on most of the topics that came up. The thoughts on memes is here - http://www.livejournal.com/users/gemfyre/133567.html

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[aurickandrien.livejournal.com]

Humans however seem to have done away with genetic selection (medical advancements and such have pretty much thrown natural selection out the window).

Ja, instead of breeding more physically advanced humans we are developing more mentally depraved ones. The more foolproof that you make society the more ingenious the fools have to be to countermand it and the more ingenious the fools get... More new ways of being foolish every single day. Now if you'll excuse me I have to sue MacDonalds because the Hash Brown I had for breakfast scratched the back of my throat and there was no warning on the packaging that it might do so.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Lol.

I bet it was HOT too!
How dare they not warn people of that.