“Counter to the stories about tainted candy, the only conclusion that might be drawn from social science research is not ‘don’t take candy from strangers’ but perhaps ‘take candy from strangers, just not from your parents.'” —Emotional Selection in Memes: The Case of Urban Legends (Personality & Soc. Psych.)
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