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PostSat Jul 09, 2016 11:01 am 
Only six different plots used in every story ever written in the history of humans. That explains it.

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PostWed Jul 13, 2016 1:56 am 
I am gonna stick to the Big 3: Love, War, the Long Dangerous Journey. Tom

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PostThu Jul 14, 2016 8:10 am 
I think these kinds of analyses are fascinating. And clever. And obviously computers can do pattern finding on a scale that people would never dream of a couple generations ago. But I'm also pretty skeptical. This was done by assigning words either a positive or negative emotional value, then plotting the arc, and matching it to broad patterns across all 1,700 stories. The problem is that words change their connotation drastically with context. Bad can be bad, like "bad dog," or it can be good, like "bad ass!" And modern software isn't smart enough to understand context. Hell, a lot of people can't detect sarcasm in printed text online. wink.gif

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PostMon Jul 18, 2016 10:55 am 
There's only one story, but two perspectives: A person goes on a journey and a stranger comes to town.

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PostMon Jul 18, 2016 1:54 pm 
There's really only ever been one story: that all things that are born die.

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PostMon Aug 15, 2016 10:03 am 
Confirming my long-held conviction that I already know everything.

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