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Language May Have Evolved For Gossip
A dominant theory holds that language evolved in the first place to support gossip; gossip is universal, is how we learn to live and behave from childhood, moderates behavior, and underlies religion (an omniscient gossip network) and modern media (a huge gossip network).
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Will StorrEvidence Quote
“you can see religion as a basically a... form of gossip network that evolved to manage super large societies where god was this... supernatural being that could see everybody's private business”
Created: 6/14/2026, 1:55:49 AM
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