That sounds like a good hypothesis. I am absolutely with you that in the academic scene refutations happen more quickly now; from what I have been told all aca

That sounds like a good hypothesis. I am absolutely with you that in the academic scene refutations happen more quickly now; from what I have been told all academic discourse happens faster, so why would this be an exception. However, I'm not so sure whether these refutations spread among pop-culture more quickly as well. Freakonomics has been picked apart, yes, but has it faded out of the public consciousness yet?