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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by piotrkaminski on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @03:52PM (#42455035)
> 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! :)

Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by schmidtleonard on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @04:12PM (#42455268)
Ooh, 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."

Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by rvbissell on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @04:12PM (#42455263)
I was about to recommend "Satisfaction High, Information Tenuous"
Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by s2l on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @04:05PM (#42455184)
Stories Pushing Imaginary Nonsence
Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by csours on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @04:32PM (#42455540)
I like it.

Another tweak: Low Information Extra Satisfying