does anyone recall a paper on why some folk tales/legends succeed and others dont? kind of thing @SteveStuWill or @clairlemon would tweet
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if interested in the general Q, Pascal Boyer gives some plausible explanations: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_Explained …
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i.e. the most memorable supernatural concepts usually violate a single ontalogical assumption.
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..and thus by comparison to non-violated assumptions, maximize the latter's relevence.
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