My favourite is the story that there was mass panic over a radio broadcast of War of the Worlds where everyone thought a real alien invasion was happening. I heard this story as a kid and really thought this was a cruel prank played by the radio station.
In reality, they made it clear at the beginning of the broadcast, and twice during, that it was fictional. Not that many people were listening and most of the people who were, were aware it wasn’t real. A few idiots freaked out and it somehow turned into a story of mass panic. It was propaganda by newspapers to discredit radio.
I wonder if the same will happen when calling someone “Einstein” one day
Nah as long as people study physics that won’t happen because his name will still be in it’s original use.
Nimrod was all but forgotten in the public eye so it was easily redefined.