The set of "possible results of cooking" is much larger than "edible food" (sautéed bolts, wilted eyeglasses salad)
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The set of "possible stories" is much larger than "true stories"
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the set "untrue stories" is larger than "true stories"–every permutation of a true story + whole cloth fabricationspic.twitter.com/CVzNvYtYco
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the average quality of untrue stories & true stories may be comparable but untrue stories has higher variance, so more great & awful
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"apparent veracity" as gatekeeping function, with success from "good story," incentivizes untrue stories to put on trenchcoats & fake noses
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a literary theory term for trenchcoats & fake noses (emblems of veracity, inter alia) is "paratext" which I think is very useful
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