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'''Memetics''' is the study of ideas, and their propagation. It is considered to be a [[protoscience]]. The term was popularized by [[Richard Dawkins]], in his book, [[The God Delusion]]<ref>Dawkins, Richard. "Memetics." The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Print.</ref>. The thesis postulates that ideas follow a Darwinian form of Natural Selection, as the idea, or ''Meme'' reproduces by being accepted by people. It then mutates, as in a game of telephone, causing the most appealing version of the original idea to out compete the other variations of the original meme.
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'''Memetics''' is the study of ideas, and their propagation. It is considered to be a [[protoscience]]. The term was popularized by [[Richard Dawkins]], in his book, [[The God Delusion]]<ref>Dawkins, Richard. "Memetics." The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Print.</ref>. The thesis postulates that ideas follow a Darwinian form of Natural Selection, as the idea, or ''Meme'' reproduces by being accepted by people. It then mutates, as in a game of telephone, causing the most appealing version of the original idea to out compete the other variations of the original meme. On a worldwide basis, [[atheism]] is not a very robust meme and [[global atheism]] is shrinking.
    
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