(pron. vak-seem) Any meta-meme which confers resistance or
immunity to one or more memes, allowing that person to be exposed without
acquiring an active infection. Also called an `immuno-meme.' Common
immune-conferring memes are "Faith", "Loyalty", "Skepticism", and
"tolerance". (See: meme-allergy.) (GMG.)
Every scheme includes a vaccime to protect against rival memes. For
instance:
- Conservatism: automatically resist all new memes.
- Orthodoxy: automatically reject all new memes.
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Science: test new memes for theoretical consistency and(where
applicable) empirical repeatability; continually re-assess old memes;
accept schemes only conditionally, pending future re:-assessment. - Radicalism: embrace one new scheme, reject all others.
- Nihilism: reject all schemes, new and old.
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New Age: accept all esthetically-appealing memes, new and old,
regardless of empirical (or even internal) consistency; reject others.
(Note that this one doesn't provide much protection.) - Japanese: adapt (parts of) new schemes to the old ones.














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