NiceMicro<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://noc.social/@todayilearned" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>todayilearned</span></a></span> I think I am one of the only people of my generation (or maybe the last generation) who heard the word "meme" in the scientific context first.</p><p>I heard it in uni maybe in 2nd or 3rd year when one of my friends gave a talk about simulating evolution using software. Then, just one or two years later I started seeing the word "meme" pop up on the English-speaking internet literally everywhere.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/todayILearned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>todayILearned</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RichardDawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichardDawkins</span></a></p>