> On 6 Dec 96 at 14:09, zaimoni@ksu.edu wrote:
>
> > I'd start by looking for self-attacking memes, especially those that do
> > so indirectly. These are more likely to be unequivocally
> > "counter-productive" without resort to ill-grounded value judgments.
>
> Could you clarify. Do you mean memes which attack themselves or memes
> which attack their hosts?
Memes that attack themselves.
Memes that attack their hosts [autotoxic memes] may well have societal
uses that render their "counterproductivity" equivocal. Altruism [in
various instantiations] is a popular candidate for this class of meme,
over in biology.
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