(Which all makes sense; by the same token, there are other (so far anecdotal) laws of memetics. For example, it has been observed that urban legends that mention a "brand" of some category mutate to refer to the best-known brand. (For example, the one about some small fried-chicken restaurant chain supporting the Ku Klux Klan mutated into an urban legend about KFC, and it's probable that the "Albert Einstein said we only use 10% of our brains" UL started as a claim about some lesser known very smart person making that statement.) I'd speculate that this is the result of a selection for economy or consistency with one's existing knowledge/memes, or a streamlining process that erodes memes into more agile forms.)
The KKK was rumored to meet at 'Churchs' fried chicken franchises, possibly because people misunderstood a popular documentary that pointed out the KKK often met in Churchs.
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Mon Aug 12 10:49:27 2002
Like the conversation I overheard floating down from the upstairs studio, concerning "John Cale of the Velvet Underground" who "recorded" a section of silence and copyrighted it.