Study: Folklore structure reveals how conspiracy theories emerge, fall apart | Ars Tech... - 0 views
-
Bill Fulkerson on 23 Jan 21There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science story that fell through the cracks in 2020, each day from December 25 through January 5. Today: the structure of folklore can help explain how unrelated facts and false information connect into a compelling narrative framework that can then go viral as a conspiracy theory.