Now here is the hard part for me to understand. I missed the whole movement.
I don't know how. I've been researching obscure philosophers,
neuroscientists and A-life folks. Close as I came was Dennett's
"Consciousness Explained." I was intrigued that he nibbled at the
self-replicating idea, but he seemed focused elsewhere. I guess I should
have payed closer attention to the bibliography. Never came across the
memetics universe until two weeks ago, when I punched it up in YAHOO! I feel
real stupid. You cannot imagine what it is like, after all this time, to
come across thousands of people devoted to the subject.