Comments on: Disassembling McPalin/J’Obama Rumor Mills

By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:29:49 +0000

So believing in memes is a meme? That suggestions is both insulting and supportive of my thesis. Thnx, Ernest.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:07:38 +0000

Really? Then the idea of parroting some second-hand pseudo-academic rubbish as to appear clever and advanced would be another one.

“Existential”, anyone?

By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:39:16 +0000

Memes are far out? I don't think so. Meme theory sounds a lot heavier than it actually is. The gist of it is that ideas--good, bad, factual, erroneous--can take root like a virus and then direct thinking and perception. Racial prejudice is a good example, as is religion.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:58:55 +0000

But this is far out, isn't?

By: Ernest

Ernest — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:34:31 +0000

Oh. NOW I understand. Memetic... Hmmmmmmmm.

By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:07:11 +0000

Yeah, totally intentional misspelling.

By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:04:18 +0000

'Mimetic' means mimicry. 'Memetic' relates to memes.

By: Joe Warminsky

Joe Warminsky — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:49:18 +0000

FactCheck isn't the only site doing such work.

Congressional Quarterly and the St. Petersburg Times have combined on PoliticFact.com:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

(And I like the "truthiness" vibe of your inadvertent spelling of "University" as "UniVERITY.")

By: Ernest

Ernest — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:43:59 +0000

It's 'mimetic', isn't it?