The origin of memes.
Memes are the day to day medicine of everybody in this age of internet.They not only make us laugh but are also an effective weapon to influence people,it is used by politicians to further their cause and ridicule the opposing person . But do you know how these memes came into existence?? Well lets find out. According to the dictionary a meme is "An element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means." But according to the Internet's definition a meme is "An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations." The term meme comes from the Greek word 'mimema' which mean 'imitated' it was introduced in 1976 by British revolutionary scientist Richard Dawkins Dawkins conceived of memes as the cultural parallel to biological genes and considered them, in a manner similar to “selfish” g...