Memes can replicate with impressive virulence while leaving swaths of collateral damage-patent medicines and psychic surgery, astrology and satanism, racist myths, superstitions, and {a special case} computer viruses. In a way, these are the most interesting-the memes that thrive to their hosts' detriment, such as the idea that suicide bombers will find their reward in heaven.
( James Gleick )
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