@@ -2,5 +2,12 @@
!!!Meme-replication
----
-To be replicated, a [meme] must pass successfully through four subsequent stages: 1)
[assimilation|meme-assimilation] by an individual, who thereby becomes a host of the meme; 2)
[retention|meme-retention] in that individual's memory; 3)
[expression|meme-expression] by the individual in language, behavior or another form that can be perceived by others; 4)
[transmission|meme-transmission] of the thus created message or meme vehicle to one or more other individuals. This last stage is followed again by stage 1, thus closing the [replication|meme-replication] loop. At each stage there is [selection|meme-selection], meaning that some memes will be eliminated. ([Heylighen, Francis|PersonHeylighenFrancis], 2001)
+To be replicated, a [meme] must pass successfully through four subsequent stages:
+
+#
[assimilation|meme-assimilation] by an individual, who thereby becomes a [
host]
of the [
meme]
;
+#
[retention|meme-retention] in that individual's memory;
+#
[expression|meme-expression] by the individual in language, behavior or another form that can be perceived by others;
+#
[transmission|meme-transmission] of the thus created message or [
meme vehicle|meme-vehicle]
to one or more other individuals.
+
+This last stage is followed again by stage 1, thus closing the [replication|meme-replication] loop. At each stage there is [selection|meme-selection], meaning that some [
memes|meme]
will be eliminated. ([Heylighen, Francis|PersonHeylighenFrancis], 2001)
