?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=On+Selfish+Memes%3A+culture+as+complex+adaptive+system&rft.creator=Situngkir%2C+Hokky&rft.subject=Sociobiology&rft.description=We+present+the+formal+definition+of+meme+in+the+sense+of+the+equivalence+between+memetics+and+the+theory+of+cultural+evolution.+From+the+formal+definition+we+find+that%0Aculture+can+be+seen+analytically+and+persuade+that+memetic+gives+important+role+in+the+exploration+of+sociological+theory%2C+especially+in+the+cultural+studies.+We+show+that+we+are+not+allowed+to+assume+meme+as+smallest+information+unit+in+cultural+evolution+in+general%2C+but+it+is+the+smallest+information+we+use+on+explaining+cultural+evolution.+We+construct+a+computational+model+and+do+simulation+in+advance+presenting+the+selfish+meme+powerlaw%0Adistributed.+The+simulation+result+shows+that+the+contagion+of+meme+as+well+as+cultural+evolution+is+a+complex+adaptive+system.+Memetics+is+the+system+and+art+of%0Aimporting+genetics+to+social+sciences.&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4772%2F1%2F2004g.pdf&rft.identifier=++Situngkir%2C+Hokky++(2004)+On+Selfish+Memes%3A+culture+as+complex+adaptive+system.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4772%2F