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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by jobigoud on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:14AM (#18239217)
Yes some memes are more powerful than others. Like biological replicators, they score on longevity, fecundity and fidelity.

For example many religions have a clause where if you stop believing you go to hell. Or if you don't teach it to your children you are a bad person. Very powerful mechanism.

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by anjc on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:35AM (#18239470)
Ok but what makes a certain meme have enough power that it then has fecundity/fidelity? There must be a resonance between powerful memes and 'human nature' or else they surely wouldn't propagate (e.g. fear of death, in the case of the 'hell' meme).

I suppose what I'm wondering is: is this meme making people fret that they might actually be NPCs? It must be resonating with people or else there wouldn't be uproar.

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