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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That and OUR ability to detect things is very, very limited. We're just barely getting to the point of using tricks to observe other planets' entire existence, let alone any animal on those planets.

Our perspective is certainly still too small to make any true determinations on the Fermi Paradox outside of ruling out some basic extremes.