why cant humans face facts straight in the face but need to make stories about it? is it to cope with their feeling of impotency about them?
>>7842419
complete conjecture but i think its just how we process information
we think in events along a timescale, and we describe events and objects in a certain context, describing the details needed for understanding the events occurring with the objects, then describing what they do, then saying why it might matter. exposition, conflict, resolution.
"me and oog were out west from here, hunting for mammoth. while we were there, we were attacked by a leopard, and it appeared to come from the north. do not go into that area until we can get more men next week when za's party comes back."
we then apply this to just about everything, including atoms and shit. i dunno.
>>7842419
telling stories is how we practice for real life
it lets us consider emotions, think about what we would do in certain situations etc
