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Policy folklists and evolutionary theory.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Jul 2014

O'Neill Barry

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Policy folklists present a set of alleged historical facts seen as relevant to some social issue. Although the validity of these folklists is dubious, leaders and writers circulate them in the media, variants arise, and the lists continue on, sometimes for decades. Folklists are repeated because their messages are appealing and their users are credible. Because folklists are on the record, we can examine their...

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PMID: 25024210
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402959111
PMCID: PMC4113929

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