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326 - The variability of memes

"Meme is an independent term. According to conventional interpretation, it can be understood as a kind of information virus that is constantly spreading and mutating, similar to the MD5 code of a transcoder or the DNA fragment of a ribosome, so the spread of a meme is dissemination of information."

"For example, when a human being reads a joke and tells it to other people, this process is the process of meme transmission, and when the person who listened to his joke starts telling others, this is the meme. diffusion."

"Humans are born with a 'self-reward mechanism' that estimates the information they disseminate. Simply put, disseminating information will make humans feel happy."

"In order to make yourself happier, human beings will spread some things that have nothing to do with themselves, for example..."

"Chasing stars."

Little X's voice slowly came out of the stereo, because of the research results of the "Killing City" plane, combined with the knowledge of the real world, Little X has almost summed up the operating mechanism of the strange event.

At this time, she continued to tell Chen Chen, so that Chen Chen could have more choices in the face of strange events.

"Of course, the "self-reward mechanism" of human beings is definitely not produced after the Internet age. From the gossip among neighbors, to the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, to the exchange of methods of farming and weapon making between the major clans in the ancient Yanhuang period, and then In ancient times, the ancestors popularized the methods of preserving fire and making tools... This self-reward mechanism is deeply engraved in human genes, and this kind of thing already existed when humans were still apes."

"A meme is a kind of virus. It is very easy to spread and mutate, but it is not easy to control. A little carelessness may cause serious consequences."

"In ancient times, human beings' information was blocked, and even memes were difficult to achieve. However, in the era of the rapid development of Internet platforms, it is easy for memes to spread."

"In this era where the Internet penetrates the world, memes can last longer and spread wider. In addition, memes are as easy to mutate as viruses. If Basilisk patterns appear in reality in the future, I will It won't be weird."

Little X said, "Because the concept of meme includes too many things, it can be a sentence, a piece of text, a thought, even just a color, a meme is information."

After listening to Xiao X's summary, Chen Chen thought thoughtfully, "That is to say, the Basilisk pattern is strictly speaking a phenomenon in which memes have mutated to the extreme, and because of the mutation, it has become a kind of information that can kill people?"

"You're right, but not entirely right.

"

Xiao X explained, "Pure information will not kill people at the physical level. Information that can kill people at the physical level should have a set of operating mechanisms that we have not discovered. If we can find this mechanism, we can even create Memes that meet our own requirements come.”

"You mean, meme technology?"

Hearing this, Chen Chen's heart moved. If memes can be used as technological weapons, then even nuclear weapons will have to stand aside. It is easy to wipe out a civilization in minutes, even the kind of aliens that far surpass human technology withstand.

Unless those aliens also have memetic technology.

But thinking about it, Chen Chen shook his head. He was a little whimsical. If meme technology is a necessary technology for the progress of civilization, then it doesn't make sense that humans have this technology, but aliens don't.

Now, the reason why human beings have not mastered the technology of memes is purely because there is no information that can affect the physical level in reality.

But thinking of this, Chen Chen frowned, "No, if there were no memes that could affect reality in ancient times, why would there be so many ghost stories? Why are the things produced by memes so much like the 'ghosts' in human impressions? '?"

"No, it should be thought that it is the existence of various ghost stories that affects the meme effect."

Xiao X explained, "You can think of it as the mutual influence of information, just like the war between humans and viruses. Humans continue to produce antibodies to adapt themselves to viruses, but why is this not the case with viruses? The original intention of viruses is by no means to kill humans. They are just for reproduction and survival, after all, virulent viruses cannot be transmitted, only mild viruses can parasitize the human body, and gradually integrate with humans and evolve together."

"And the meme effect is also the same. Perhaps it is the ghosts and monsters in ancient times that make the meme change to the image in the human ghost story. Of course, this is only a small part. In fact, most of the meme effects are not like this. , such as memetic effects such as 'ghosts outside the window', did not translate into legendary ghostly figures."

"After you come out of the isolation room, we can experiment with the most basic memes, those Basilisk patterns."

Little X comforted, "I believe that the secrets of memes can be unlocked in our hands."

"etc!"

But at this moment, Yashen Temple couldn't help being taken aback, he quickly interrupted, "Your Excellency Chen Chen, you said before that there is no memetic effect in this parallel world, so if you are in Aren't you afraid that your world will follow in the footsteps of that world if you actually study this kind of ghost thing?"

"There's really nothing to worry about."

Little X explained, "As I said before, the memetic effect can be said to be a necessary part of the development of science and technology. Even if we don't study it, with the advancement of science, it will be discovered sooner or later in the future, not to mention Although memes have variability, just like viruses, this kind of variation does not mutate out of thin air, but as the number of infected people increases and the number of transmissions increases, mutations will continue to be produced."

"In other words, in your previous world, it was because memes got out of control on the Internet that led to the emergence of various types of memes, so as long as you can control the scope of transmission, you can control memes."

"But there is also the possibility of overturning, right?"

Yashen Temple seemed to be extremely afraid of this kind of thing, and finally left that damned world. Seeing that Chen Chen and the others still wanted to study it, he said in fear, "If the car overturns, wouldn't this world be destroyed?"

"It's an inevitable thing."

Little X explained helplessly, "Nuclear energy can also destroy human civilization, but why do countries still study nuclear energy? Antimatter is more dangerous than nuclear energy. Why is the world still vigorously researching antimatter? It is because they can not only destroy the world, but also can World-changing, they can improve human beings, and the same is true for memes, it is not only a weapon, if it can be used, it can also be used to change human life, just like the Gnatz server."

"X is quite right."

Chen Chen nodded, "The development of human science and technology has never been smooth sailing. Some things don't exist if you don't look at them. Lord Ye Shen, you have to change your mentality. You are the first thing I brought back from another world. man, and you know why I choose you?"

"Because I have senior experience with memes..."

Yashen Temple was startled into a cold sweat. He quickly lowered his head and made a gesture of surrender, "I understand, please forgive my remarks just now, don't worry, Your Excellency Chen Chen, I will definitely do my best to help you complete your great cause !"

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