The World Needs More Ninjas

Guess What I Heard…
17 August 2005

Gossip may actually be beneficial: Gossip has long been dismissed by researchers as little more than background noise, blather with no useful function. But some investigators now say that gossip should be central to any study of group interaction. People find it irresistible for good reason: Gossip not only helps clarify and enforce the rules that [...]