memes Re: [RC] Thought For The Week: Perception

[Dr. Ernie Prabhakar]

On Jul 16, 2005, at 12:07 PM, Avesland at aol.com wrote:
>  What so far eludes me
> is an example of some type of healthy phenomenon that spreads
> the way a disease would spread, except that in this case the result
> is beneficial for all, or at least for  most of those effected.
>
> The best that I have come up with so far is something like fads
> in popular culture.

The word you are looking for is 'meme', which though an oft-abused  
buzzword is also the subject of serious research:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

as well as some slightly heterodox thinking:

http://www.memecentral.com/

And yes, the promulgation of radical centrism is largely about the  
generation and dissemination of memes (as is Marketing in general :-).

-- Ernie P.


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