I think we, as a species, prefer stories to facts.
Pan Narrans, as Terry Pratchett would have it: "the storytelling ape" rather than "homo sapiens".
@rands @recursive facts like words donโ€™t have meaning until given context by stories and grammar respectively.
@rands Yes, of course. That's one of the reasons why the right wing is so succesful. They're selling stories not facts.

@rands i like that story!

(Sorry). I share that impression, too