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The Psychology Behind Gossip
Gossip is a way of sharing information by speaking in terms of others. On average 52 minutes of our day is spent gossiping, but only about a quarter of that is actually negative. Anthropologists and psychologists alike have been asking this question for some time. What are the evolutionary reasons, the psychological explanations, behind why we gossip?