Why does a meme want to make copies of itself?

A meme is an idea, but not an idea as any other. We talk about memes as ideas that can be transported from one host to another, so they need to express themselves in a coded format and in a conscious way. From this point of view,  the sum is not a meme, since it belongs to the realm of nonverbal reasoning - indeed we need a major effort to transmit it and to learn it. Neither the process of cell division or photosynthesis are memes.

So what the heck is a meme? Let look deeper into the concept of verbal reasoning. "Coded" means expressible in linguistic terms. "Consciously transmited" is a too broad-speak. We assume that memes are not always transmitted consciously, although there is always a purpose in it. So we talk about memes in its most general form as those forms of verbal knowledge representing local or universal rules easily transmittable.

 But, Where does that intention come from? What is the purpose of transmitting a meme? As hosts, What is our level of involvement? As a mathematician I know many of the most important challenges of science have been solved thanks to a new notation, thanks to a more efficient management of concepts. So back to the biological analogue to better understand the question.

Why does a virus want to make copies of itself?

Funny. A virus does not want anything. Wanting is a human concept, and the virus is not at all concerned about it. In fact, a virus needs a host just because without it, it can not survive. Similarly no sense the life of a meme out of its host, because only survives as long as transmission lasts, from the beginning of the message until it ends. However, the meme is still living with his host until it is mutated, recombined or simply expelled by another meme, so it is important for their survival to get successfully transmitted before this happens

In short, a meme makes copies to survive and we can not ask in purpose or would have to open another blog to discuss the meaning of life