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177. Angus Fletcher — 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature

The Michael Shermer Show

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Are There Any Archetypes?

In the process of what i call paternicity, people are just finding meaningful patterns in data that isn't really connected. Certain themes seem to come up over and over, not because of an archetype, but just by kind of chance. And so we see those things as arch but they're not really. In my book, you know, how we believe, i toyed with this idea of the oppression redemption myth y tryin t tryg to explain the jesus resurrection.

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