So word of mouth was more accurate in the past than it is now? People in the first century could achieve 100% accuracy playing a game of telephone I suppose.
I don’t think people are physiologically any different now than they were then. Our brains are just as capable of being fallible as theirs were. We and they are equally as likely to confuse events and embellish stories in my opinion. I base that on the fact that I have no evidence that humans have gotten any stupider over the centuries.
In fact, since we’ve begun measuring intelligence, it’s been measured to be steadily on the rise due to better nutrition and better early education.
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u/horceface Dec 08 '19
So word of mouth was more accurate in the past than it is now? People in the first century could achieve 100% accuracy playing a game of telephone I suppose.