• Knusper@feddit.de
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    1 year ago

    I do think, the analysis is interesting beyond the singular conclusion being highlighted in the headline, but yeah, to make it even more obvious how uninteresting that particular conclusion is, a little visualization:

    Archetype Shape
    Rags to riches
    Riches to rags
    Icarus ⟋⟍
    Man in a hole ⟍⟋
    Cinderella ⟋⟍⟋
    Oedipus ⟍⟋⟍

    Basically, that conclusion can be reduced to say that humans don’t like stories with 4 or more rises/falls, because all possible combinations for less than 4 are covered.