# The Church of the Virus: Memetic Engineering at Its Best

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-church-of-the-virus-memetic-engineering-at-its-best/111584>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 30, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-church-of-the-virus-memetic-engineering-at-its-best/111584 "2002-05-30T18:07:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-church-of-the-virus-memetic-engineering-at-its-best/111584/21 "2002-05-31T23:59:45Z")

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ftg wrote:

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> How different is the world view of someone who thinks mundane things are miracles from me and from someone 150 years from now.

\<Ghostbusters\>  
Are you a god?  
\</Ghostbusters\>

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**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-church-of-the-virus-memetic-engineering-at-its-best/111584/22 "2002-06-01T00:21:43Z")

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[Ray]  
No…  
[/Ray]

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**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-church-of-the-virus-memetic-engineering-at-its-best/111584/23 "2002-06-01T02:17:29Z")

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> As an interesting philosophical exercise, dalovindj, have you had time to wonder if all of the stuff that’s on those sites you linked is also just a meme.

Of course they are memes. I don’t see how this is an interesting excercise. It is just an obvious application of the definition of meme.

DaLovin’ Dj

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