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> I prefer to call them Low Information High Satisfaction theories If you called them Low Information Excessive Satisfaction theories instead you'd end up with
by piotrkaminski 2y ago
> I prefer to call them Low Information High Satisfaction theories
If you called them Low Information Excessive Satisfaction theories instead you'd end up with a much more satisfying acronym! :)
- s2l 2y agoStories Pushing Imaginary Nonsence
- rvbissell 2y agoI was about to recommend "Satisfaction High, Information Tenuous"
- schmidtleonard 2y agoOoh, I like that. However, I think the original thinking behind the term "meme" is probably still the definitive discourse on the subject: in analogy to genes, ideas undergo natural selection for survival/reproduction and the attributes that promote this specific kind of fitness (ease of spread, satisfaction, advantage obtained by spreading) will be selected for in the course of social interaction. Qualities we might like to encourage (accuracy, completeness) will not be selected for except insofar as we can connect them back to the actual selection mechanism. That said, "meme" really doesn't quite put as sharp of a point on the problem as "LIES."
- csours 2y agoI like it. Another tweak: Low Information Extra Satisfying