Comment by toss1

2 years ago

>>all these stories are apocryphal

Do not mistake cynicism for intelligence. It is actually negatively correlated [0, + other studies]

Just listing a basket of "I doubt..." and "No one does..." does not make it all false.

Of course Just So stories exist, but that does not mean that all cool stories are fabricated Just So stories. In this case, it is the cynicism that merits a [Citation Needed] tag.

[0] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/trust-games/202111/t...