Since you’re on YouTube, you probably know what a meme is; but what is it really and how does it go viral?
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Sources:
http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/Articles/SciAm00.html
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/basics/gene
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/what-defines-a-meme-1904778/
http://eol.org/info/458
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/faq-how-viruses-mutate-1.780051
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16321975-900-irresistible/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21702-going-viral-on-twitter-is-a-random-act/
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http://www.nature.com/articles/srep02522
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http://cfpm.org/jom-emit/1998/vol2/rose_n.html
