FacultyMemeticsFreshmanApplied

Self-limiting meme
- Spreads by behavioural mimicry
- Behaviour decays over time
In large open public space
- Students in small groups - modellers and observers
- Modellers propagate meme by picking arbitrary point in sky and looking at it/pointing at it
- Observers track reaction of passers-by (mimics) over time:
  - Records when people begin and stop mimicking behaviour
  - If possible, films behaviour to allow detailed analysis
Questions:
- How does the number of modellers influence behaviour:
  - Time to first mimic
  - Time spent by first mimic looking before behaviour ends