>> My theory is that the
>> Internet has also facilitated the spread of the "Here's something else that
>> didn't really happen" meme.
>
>That may be because refutations can spread much more quickly. Rumor
>epidemics usually last until a refutation meme is spread. On the net,
>refutations quickly appear (their hosts often engaging the legend hosts in a
>flamewar), so net.legends that doesn't pretend to be true (and hence
>cannot be refuted) have a higher fitness.
YES! This is exactly what I was thinking.
Hal Dunn
johngalt@digital.net
http://www.grubbworm.com/sludge