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Fanfic study challenges leading cultural evolution theory

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/what-fanfic-can-teach-us-about-cultural-evolution/

Fanfic community craves familiarity much more than novelty—but reports greater enjoyment from novelty.

reallykindasorta @slrpnk.net - 5mon

Does someone feel like accessing the research article’s supplemental information and pasting here on how they operationalize “novelty” for the analysis? It’s formatted in .tex and I’m on my phone with no .tex reader but I’m curious!

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reallykindasorta @slrpnk.net - 5mon

Thank you!

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