The Evolution of the Meme

If a certain type of hobgoblin has the property that if children fear it, they will grow up to make their children fear it. In reality, there are no hobgoblins. The meme might evolve away to extinction. It may also evolve away from evoking terror and towards for instance being pleasantly thrilling or else if it's settled on a genuine danger. I'll pause there at my diversion, I suppose here. Consider Halloween. If it didn't have that thrilling sort of aspect, even though ostensibly it's supposed to be a scary kind of thing,. Those that evoke unpleasant emotions are at a disadvantage.