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    Persuasion Systems Entry #0270

    The reason an anecdote survives a refutation

    A story is not stored as a claim that can be marked false. It is stored as an episode, and the correction has nowhere to attach.

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    The hidden part #0270

    A correction is a proposition and an anecdote is an episode. Negation leaves the causal gap open, and the discredited story still fills it.

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    Narrative Structure Entry #0545

    The reason a myth outlives its explanation

    A story and its correction are not transmitted on equal terms. One is memorable, retellable and complete; the other requires the story first.

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    The hidden part #0545

    A story competes on transmissibility, not truth. A correction needs the story to make sense, which puts it permanently a step behind.

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