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A comment on Fossils of a Prehistoric Rainforest Hide in Australia’s Rusted Rocks. Parent comment
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-16/research-gives-merit-...
As the article notes, oral tradition has "error correction" built into it as multiple generations overlap and check each other's accuracy of retelling. It's not like a game of "telephone", where the message gets repeated only once.
https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/38936810/OralTradSeaLe...
https://watermark.silverchair.com/113nunn.pdf?token=AQECAHi2...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-16/research-gives-merit-...
As the article notes, oral tradition has "error correction" built into it as multiple generations overlap and check each other's accuracy of retelling. It's not like a game of "telephone", where the message gets repeated only once.