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SENT In IN many JJ religions NNS , , Salvation NP is VBZ the DT bait NN , , or CC promised VVD reward NN . SENT Spread VV the DT Word NP is VBZ the DT hook NN . SENT Other JJ common JJ bait NN co NP memes NNS are VBP Eternal JJ Bliss NP , , Security NP , , Prosperity NN , , Freedom NP . SENT See VV hook NN . SENT threat NN . SENT infection NN strategy NN . SENT belief NN spaceSince NN a DT person NN can MD only RB be VB infected VVN with IN and CC transmit VV a DT finite JJ number NN of IN memes NNS , , there EX is VBZ a DT limit NN to TO their PP$ belief NN space NN Henson NP . SENT Memes NNS evolve VV in IN competition NN for IN niches NNS in IN the DT belief NN space NN of IN individuals NNS and CC societies NNS . SENT censorshipAny NN attempt NN to TO hinder VV the DT spread NN of IN a DT meme NN by IN eliminating VVG its PP$ vectors NNS . SENT Hence RB , , censorship NN is VBZ analogous JJ to TO attempts NNS to TO halt VV diseases NNS by IN spraying VVG insecticides NNS . SENT Censorship NN can MD never RB fully RB kill VV off RP an DT offensive JJ meme NN , , and CC may MD actually RB help VV to TO promote VV the DT meme's NNS most RBS virulent JJ strain NN , , while IN killing VVG off RP milder JJR forms NNS . SENT co NP memeA NN meme NN which WDT has VHZ symbiotically RB co NP evolved VVD with IN other JJ memes NNS , , to TO form VV a DT mutually RB assisting VVG meme NN complex NN . SENT Also RB called VVN a DT symmeme NN . SENT GMG NP cultA NP sociotype NN of IN an DT auto NN toxic JJ meme NN complex NN , , composed VVN of IN membots NNS and CC or CC memeoids NNS . SENT GMG NN Characteristics NNS of IN cults NNS include VVP . SENT self NN isolation NN of IN the DT infected JJ group NN or CC at IN least JJS new JJ recruits NNS . SENT brainwashing VVG by IN repetitive JJ exposure NN inducing VVG dependent JJ mental JJ states NNS . SENT genetic JJ functions NNS discouraged VVN through IN celibacy NN , , sterilization NN , , devalued VVN family NN in IN favor NN of IN replication NN proselytizing VVG . SENT and CC leader NN worship NN personality NN cult NN . SENT Henson NP . SENT dormantCurrently RB without IN human JJ hosts NNS . SENT The DT ancient JJ Egyptian JJ hieroglyph NN system NN and CC the DT Gnostic JJ Gospels NNS are VBP examples NNS of IN dead JJ schemes NNS which WDT lay VVD dormant JJ for IN millennia NNS in IN hidden JJ or CC untranslatable JJ texts NNS , , waiting VVG to TO re NN activate VV themselves PP by IN infecting VVG modern JJ archeologists NNS . SENT Some DT obsolete JJ memes NNS never RB become VVP entirely RB dormant JJ , , such JJ as IN Phlogiston NN theory NN , , which WDT simply RB mutated VVN from IN a DT belief NN into IN a DT quaint JJ historical JJ footnote NN . SENT earworm NN A DT tune NN or CC melody NN which WDT infects VVZ a DT population NN rapidly RB . 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SENT See VV infection NN , , membot NN , , memeoid NN . SENT ideosphereThe NN realm NN of IN memetic NN evolution NN , , as IN the DT biosphere NN is VBZ the DT realm NN of IN biological JJ evolution NN . SENT The DT entire JJ memetic NN ecology NN . SENT Hofstadter NP . SENT The DT health NN of IN an DT ideosphere NN can MD be VB measured VVN by IN its PP$ memetic NN diversity NN . SENT immuno NN depressantAnything NN that WDT tends VVZ to TO reduce VV a DT personUs NN memetic NN immunity NN . SENT Common JJ immuno NN depressants NNS are VBP . 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SENT A DT memetic NN infection NN can MD be VB either RB active JJ or CC inactive JJ . SENT It PP is VBZ inactive JJ if IN the DT host NN does VVZ not RB feel VV inclined VVN to TO transmit VV the DT meme NN to TO other JJ people NNS . SENT An DT active JJ infection NN causes VVZ the DT host NN to TO want VV to TO infect VV others NNS . SENT Fanatically RB active JJ hosts NNS are VBP often RB membots NNS or CC memeoids NNS . SENT A DT person NN who WP is VBZ exposed VVN to TO a DT meme NN but CC who WP does VVZ not RB remember VV it PP consciously RB or CC otherwise RB is VBZ not RB infected JJ . SENT A DT host NN can MD indeed RB be VB unconsciously RB infected VVN , , and CC even RB transmit VV a DT meme NN without IN conscious JJ awareness NN of IN the DT fact NN . SENT Many JJ societal JJ norms NNS are VBP transmitted VVN this DT way NN . SENT GMG NP 2 CD . SENT Some DT memeticists NNS have VHP used VVN infection NN as IN a DT synonym NN for IN belief NN i NP . SENT e SYM . SENT only JJ believers NNS are VBP infected JJ , , non JJ believers NNS are VBP not RB . SENT However RB , , this DT usage NN ignores VVZ the DT fact NN that IN people NNS often RB transmit VV memes NNS they PP do VVP not RB believe VV in IN . SENT Songs NNS , , jokes NNS , , and CC fantasies NNS are VBP memes NNS which WDT do VVP not RB rely VV on IN belief NN as IN an DT infection NN strategy NN . SENT infection NN strategyAny NN memetic NN strategy NN which WDT encourages VVZ infection NN of IN a DT host NN . SENT Jokes NNS encourage VVP infection NN by IN being VBG humorous JJ , , tunes NNS by IN evoking VVG various JJ emotions NNS , , slogans NNS and CC catch VV phrases NNS by IN being VBG terse JJ and CC continuously RB repeated VVN . SENT Common JJ infection NN strategies NNS are VBP Villain NN vs NP . SENT victim NN , , Fear NN of IN Death NN , , and CC Sense NN of IN Community NP . SENT In IN a DT meme NN complex NN , , the DT bait NN co NP meme NN is VBZ often RB central JJ to TO the DT infection NN strategy NN . SENT See VV replication NN strategy NN . SENT mimicry NN . SENT GMG NP membotA NP person NN whose WP$ entire JJ life NN has VHZ become VVN subordinated JJ to TO the DT propagation NN of IN a DT meme NN , , robotically RB and CC at IN any DT opportunity NN . SENT Such JJ as IN many JJ Jehovah's NP Witnesses NNS , , Krishnas NP , , and CC Scientologists NNS . SENT Due JJ to TO internal JJ competition NN , , the DT most RBS vocal JJ and CC extreme JJ membots NNS tend VVP to TO rise VV to TO top VV of IN their PP$ sociotypeUs NN hierarchy NN . SENT A DT self NN destructive JJ membot NN is VBZ a DT memeoid NN . SENT GMG NP meme NN pron NN . SENT meem NN A DT contagious JJ information NN pattern NN that WDT replicates VVZ by IN parasitically RB infecting VVG human JJ minds NNS and CC altering VVG their PP$ behavior NN , , causing VVG them PP to TO propagate VV the DT pattern NN . SENT Term NN coined VVN by IN Dawkins NP , , by IN analogy NN with IN gene NN . SENT Individual JJ slogans NNS , , catch NN phrases NNS , , melodies NNS , , icons NNS , , inventions NNS , , and CC fashions NNS are VBP typical JJ memes NNS . SENT An DT idea NN or CC information NN pattern NN is VBZ not RB a DT meme NN until IN it PP causes VVZ someone NN to TO replicate VV it PP , , to TO repeat VV it PP to TO someone NN else RB . SENT All DT transmitted JJ knowledge NN is VBZ memetic NN . SENT Wheelis NP , , quoted VVN in IN Hofstadter NP . SENT See VV meme NN complex NN . SENT meme NN allergyA NN form NN of IN intolerance NN . SENT a DT condition NN which WDT causes VVZ a DT person NN to TO react VV in IN an DT unusually RB extreme JJ manner NN when WRB exposed VVN to TO a DT specific JJ semiotic JJ stimulus NN , , or CC meme NN allergen NN . SENT Exo NP toxic JJ meme NN complexes NNS typically RB confer VVP dangerous JJ meme NN allergies NNS on IN their PP$ hosts NNS . SENT Often RB , , the DT actual JJ meme NN allergens NNS need MD not RB be VB present JJ , , but CC merely RB perceived VVN to TO be VB present JJ , , to TO trigger VV a DT reaction NN . SENT Common JJ meme NN allergies NNS include VVP homophobia NN , , paranoid JJ anti JJ Communism NN , , and CC porno NN phobia NN . SENT Common JJ forms NNS of IN meme NN allergic JJ reaction NN are VBP censorship NN , , vandalism NN , , belligerent JJ verbal JJ abuse NN , , and CC physical JJ violence NN . 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SENT offers NNS order NN and CC a DT sense NN of IN place NN , , helping VVG to TO stave VV off RP the DT dread NN of IN meaninglessness NN . SENT Wheelis NP , , quoted VVN by IN Hofstadter NP . SENT memeoid NN , , or CC memoidA NN person NN whose WP$ behavior NN is VBZ so RB strongly RB influenced VVN by IN a DT meme NN that IN their PP$ own JJ survival NN becomes VVZ inconsequential JJ in IN their PP$ own JJ minds NNS . SENT Henson NP Such JJ as RB . SENT Kamikazes NNS , , Shiite JJ terrorists NNS , , Jim NP Jones NP followers NNS , , any DT military JJ personnel NNS . SENT hosts NNS and CC membots NNS are VBP not RB necessarily RB memeoids NNS . SENT See VV auto NN toxic NN . SENT exo NN toxic NN . SENT meme NN poolThe NN full JJ diversity NN of IN memes NNS accessible JJ to TO a DT culture NN or CC individual JJ . SENT Learning VVG languages NNS and CC traveling VVG are VBP methods NNS of IN expanding VVG one's JJ meme NN pool NN . SENT memeticRelated NNS to TO memes NNS . SENT memetic JJ driftAccumulated JJ mis NNS replications NNS . SENT the DT rate NN of IN memetic NN mutation NN or CC evolution NN . SENT Written JJ texts NNS tend VVP to TO slow VV the DT memetic NN drift NN of IN dogmas NNS Henson NP . SENT memetic NN engineerOne NN who WP consciously RB devises VVZ memes NNS , , through IN meme NN splicing VVG and CC memetic NN synthesis NN , , with IN the DT intent NN of IN altering VVG the DT behavior NN of IN others NNS . SENT Writers NNS of IN manifestos NNS and CC of IN commercials NNS are VBP typical JJ memetic NN engineers NNS . SENT GMG NP memeticist NN 1 CD . SENT One NN who WP studies VVZ memetics NNS . SENT 2 LS . SENT A DT memetic NN engineer NN . SENT GMG NP memeticsThe NN study NN of IN memes NNS and CC their PP$ social JJ effects NNS . SENT memotype NN 1 CD . SENT The DT actual JJ information NN content NN of IN a DT meme NN , , as RB distinct JJ from IN its PP$ sociotype NN . SENT 2 LS . 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