DUTCH academics writing in the Journal Of Applied Social Psychology say that idle chat can have a positive effect in society.
DUTCH academics writing in the Journal Of Applied Social Psychology say that idle chat can have a positive effect in society.
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Tom Shields
Gossip enables people to warn each other against those who behave badly.
How different our world might have been if some neighbours in the Garden of Eden housing estate had kept an eye on Eve. Being seduced by that snake next door. A right bad apple. No wonder her and Adam got evicted from Paradise. Mark my words, their boy Cain will come to no good.
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Why chatter matters
DUTCH academics writing in the Journal Of Applied Social Psychology say that idle chat can have a positive effect in society.
Gossip enables people to warn each other against those who behave badly.
How different our world might have been if some neighbours in the Garden of Eden housing estate had kept an eye on Eve. Being seduced by that snake next door. A right bad apple. No wonder her and Adam got evicted from Paradise. Mark my words, their boy Cain will come to no good.
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