Study

2012-04-18T20:03:19Z

DavidLaw:

To '''study''' is an application of the [[mental]] faculties to the acquisition of knowledge. It is frequently used as a learning [[strategy]] in [[education]].

A study is also "a written document describing the findings of some individual or group." <ref>Visual Thesaurus</ref>

A scientific study is usually an attempt by liberal scientists to secure more funding from the government for propaganda purposes.
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Meme

2012-04-18T19:43:43Z

DavidLaw: /* Atheism and secularism memes */

Meme is a term used to describe the spread and modification of [[idea]]s in a selection and [[reproduction]] context. They are sometimes compared to viruses as an analogy, in that ideas pass to new people from those who already have that idea ("transmission"), and that they will also change over time to become more effective at catching people's attention and remaining in their mind. This is because someone who contacts the idea but doesn't like it is unlikely to spread the idea to others, so the easily transmitted ideas spread further.

That is, there are two main ways ideas can spread - by being transmitted easily, or by remaining in someone's mind for a long time (having a low transmission rate but many opportunities for that transmission to occur). The term has also been applied to the spread of [[viral]] fads on the [[Internet]] such as certain YouTube videos, because the fads spread rapidly and are only introduced to new people through those who have already contacted it. These are in the category of being transmitted easily, and since they have low staying power, they rarely remain popular for more than a few months each.

== Atheism and secularism memes ==

On a worldwide basis, [[atheism]] is not a very robust meme and [[global atheism]] is shrinking, although the concept of a meme was invented by atheist Richard Dawkins in his book, "The Selfish Gene." In the [[Western World]] due to immigration, the higher birth rates of religious people and other factors, the secularism and atheism memes are expected to decline.<ref>[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Early paper - Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]</ref><ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/03/question-evolution-campaign-is-reaching.html Why are 2012 and 2020 key years for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?]</ref> Eric Kaufman writes: "Committed religious populations are growing in the West, and will reverse the march of secularism before 2050."<ref>[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Early paper - Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]</ref>

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