And think about it. This prof explained himself within a half an hour. But the rumor went viral anyway. I first heard about it on the National Review Corner this morning(though their post poured more that a few grains of salt on it). Now this prof was trying to make a point and he made his point to the whole freaking world by mumbling something in a classroom. If I were him, I’d be partying big time right now. In fact, I am sure he is dining out for free because of what he did for the next week at least.
Here’s the uptick:
neodad posted the key update in less than 3 minutes:
Thread posted at 9:47:52.
His post: 9:50:21.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464096/posts?page=9#9
The hoax was exposed with AMAZING speed! I LOVE rapid communication. Sure, there are people who always eat the dust of others and get temporarilly confused. That’s the way it will always be unless we are overly regulated.
At least the correct info made it out there in a twinkling. Neodad even red flagged the update in “all caps”.