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by tripzilch 5184 days ago
That's right, but it's also important to realize that, in fact, there is no grand narrative[1].

Humans are compulsive pattern-recognizers and can turn any arbitrary independent sequence of events into a story.

That doesn't mean the story is wrong, per se, but it does mean you cannot presume to know where a story "is leading up to". Because the only "complete" story is the one that is told afterwards.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_narrative (lots of "blah" btw)

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Ah, yes, thank you for the explanation.