Richard Dawkins Faith In Memes Is As Blind As A Christian's to God

[In This Mind]

Telephone.

Good fences make good neighbors.

This is commonly used to suggest the best way to get along with people is to wall yourself off from them, worry about what's yours and let them worry about what's theirs. But is that really how Reverend Ezekiel Rogers meant it? Another way to put the same sentiment used to be "Look to your fences; and if your neighbor neglects to repair and keep in order his hall do it yourself; you will get your pay"

Here we have a perfect example of a meme that has, over time and abuse, come to mean the exact opposite of what it initially stood for. Proof that an idea can grow and change over time.