I
heard that meme has been officially added to the dictionary.
A
meme is
"an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a
culture." A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols or
practices, which can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing,
speech, gestures, rituals or other imitable phenomena. An Internet
meme is a concept that spreads via the Internet. Balloon boy hoaxor Ancient Aliens
Lost
Continents: The Atlantis Theme in History, Science, and Literature is a study by L. Sprague de Camp[1]. It is
considered one of his most popular works. It was written in 1948, and first
published serially in the magazine Other Worlds Science Fiction in 1952-1953; portions also appeared as articles in
Astounding Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, Natural History Magazine, and the Toronto
Star. It
was first published in book form by Gnome Press i n 1954. I never noticed this about Sprague de Camp[1] when I first blogged him in 2011.
L. Sprague de Camp[1] enjoyed debunking doubtful history and pseudoscientific
claims. The work provides a
detailed examination of theories and speculations on Atlantis and other lost lands, including the scientific
arguments against their existence.
