Communal Reinforcement
There's a saying in Mandarin, "three men make a tiger," which is derived from a Chinese proverb about the transmission of information, what we're willing to believe, and the power of misunderstanding or lies communicated on scale.
The story behind this proverb focuses on a king who is asked whether he would believe there was a tiger wandering around the …
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