Fascinating quantitative analysis of 112,000 stories varianceexplained.org/r/tidytext-plo…

The figure shows the words that are most over-represented at the start, middle, and end of stories. They almost tell a story by themselves...
The average human story: Things get worse and worse until, at the very last minute, they get better. varianceexplained.org/r/tidytext-plo…
Of course, like individual human beings, not every story fits the mould of the average. Here are the six most common story arcs that members of our species use to amuse their little brains (as identified by an AI)... epjdatascience.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…

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17 Apr 20
Inspired: Dan Baldassarre (@evornithology) submitted a joke science article to a predatory journal, to see if they'd actually publish it. They did. The paper is called "What's the Deal with Birds?" and it's hilarious. 😂 irispublishers.com/sjrr/pdf/SJRR.… Image
Come to think of it, though, what *is* the deal with birds? 👇
Seriously. Birds are really kinda weird…
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