“…a meme is an information-packet (the information, not the vehicle) with attitude.” - Daniel Dennett/Memes: Myths, Misunderstandings and Misgivings
Memes are viruses in symbiotic relation to its host, the human mind. Memes may be words, phrases, concepts, ideas, attitudes, habits, or any other unit of culture transmission that enables us to decouple the thing from its current manifestation. Memes are replicable tools of thought that allow us to behold and comprehend. Thanks to memes, we can hold ourselves apart and consider the spectacle, thereby falling into delusion and wonder.