Memetic engineering consists of the process of developing memes,
through meme-splicing and memetic synthesis, with the intent of
altering the behavior of others. It consists of the process of creating
and developing theories or ideologies based on an analytical study of
societies, their ways of thinking and the evolution of the minds that
comprise them. Attempts at Artificial Meme-Phrase Creation have not met
with noted success, though apocryphal stories tell of the putative
origins of these sorts of memes.
Sometimes people modify and fabricate memes consciously, even
intentionally (though some argue that the intention comes from the
memes). This would help to explain how rapidly, extensively and
usefully memetic evolution has functioned in and for culture. People
apply many ever-evolving meme-based systems of analysis and error
correction to all information flowing in and out. Just as genetic
material has developed gene-based error-correction models, memetic
systems have found it advantageous to associate with meme-based
error-correction models. The entire process could appear as meme-based
systemic complexes taking advantage (like a virus) of an extensive
computational system (the human brain in this case), programming it to
produce and modify memes, and thus to modify and expand the memotypic
soup which largely dictates human thoughts and actions (and of course
to build very useful - but still likely erroneous - memeplexes).
However, attempting to popularize a fabricated meme or an unproven
theory often results in a backlash against said meme: the originators
of a meme may appear to have a hidden agenda, as in the case of
intelligent design. Meme-intense societies may generally deride — then
forget — such fabricated memes or theories.
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