Why Meta?

Deep in the page on Dictionary.com you will see the following entry on Meta

/me't*/ or /may't*/ or (Commonwealth) /mee't*/ A prefix meaning one level of description higher. If X is some concept then meta-X is data about, or processes operating on, X.

For example, a metasyntax is syntax for specifying syntax, metalanguage is a language used to discuss language, meta-data is data about data, and meta-reasoning is reasoning about reasoning.

In World of Warcraft Meta is shorthand for the iconoic Warlock ability Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

You transform into a Demon for 30 sec. This form increases your armor by 600%, damage by 20%, reduces the chance you'll be critically hit by melee attacks by 6% and reduces the duration of stun and snare effects by 50%. You gain some unique demon abilities in addition to your normal abilities. 3 minute cooldown.

And finally what is Mathematics but the meta-language of science?

My thoughts on all these things and more probably, how many dead blogs are there today? Where would one find stats on such a thing, hmmmm