memetics

/memetiks/ , n. [from meme ] The study of memes. As of early 2003, this is
still an extremely informal and speculative endeavor, though the first steps
towards at least statistical rigor have been made by H. Keith Henson and
others. Memetics is a popular topic for speculation among hackers, who like
to see themselves as the architects of the new information ecologies in
which memes live and replicate.

