I will provide some links to essays on memes that are on the net. Other interesting essays on the mind and human behavior will be referenced and links provided, where available. Meme is a catchall term used to represent any of the various beliefs, mores, prejudices, customs, fads, etc. While a meme could be a true fact, that certainly is not a requirement for its existence and the assumption is that people have not bothered to verify the veracity of the memes they may own. A list of typical memes is provided.
Most people are other people.
Their thoughts are someone else's opinion, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Oscar Wilde Apparently memes have evolved to help humans deal with the complexities of life. We use memes to substitute for thinking when we get into complex and stressful situations. Therein is a serious problem, of course, because, like drugs, we have become addicted to memes. They never question anything that the group supports.