Would you rather a story be exciting or true? Assume the story you’re hearing is not current and the validity of it does not matter for any reason other than satisfying your curiosity. It is, for all intents and purposes, a harmless tale. It’s not a stretch, I don’t think, to say we enjoy seeing the reaction on people’s faces when we surprise them with a good story, or when we make them laugh, or when we shock them, just as we like being surprised and amused and shocked by someone else’s story in return. Does it matter, then, whether a story is entirely, 100 percent true?
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Source: Eurogamer.net
