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title: How does that help the theory?
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[tq][br]Joe: You know,[/br]
[br]every story describes only a limited number of events and things.[/br]
[br]A lot more are just implied.[/br]
[br]And even more are not considered at all.[/br]
[br]For example,[/br]
[br]in a story,[/br]
[br]the main character walks through a city.[/br]
[br]That's what is described in the story.[/br]
[br]Or maybe also some description of stuff which seems to be relevant according to the main character.[/br]
[br]Or to the narrator.[/br]
[br]But just the fact of mentioning a city implies a lot of houses, people living there, doing stuff.[/br]
[br]But what exactly are they doing?[/br]
[br]The story never mentions it, so they could be doing absolutely anything![/br]
[br]So maybe the most interesting thing in a story could be something not mentioned by the story at all?[/br]
[br]And again maybe someone notices a simplification in it and uses it to their advantage?[/br]
[ni]Joe: Isn't it the point of making a story, to talk about the interesting stuff and skip whatever is not relevant?[/ni]
[br]Joe: Yeah, but how can you know?[/br]
[br]How can you know if the stuff not mentioned in the story isn't much more interesting?[/br]
[br]You can never know,[/br]
[br]because,[/br]
[br]it's not mentioned in the story![/br][/tq]