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.
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:
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.