"You have to work twice as hard".It would be seductive to read into Mr Koné's story evidence of France's establishment opening up to outsiders.
One day, Mary plans to tell her girls the full story: "Evidence suggests that donor-conceived children do best when told from an early age".
As you call around to back up the story, evidence you accumulate that cuts against the significance of your story's plot arc is less likely to be included.
My stories definitely evidence that.
While a social scientist would call these stories anecdotal evidence, a lot of gerontologists, social workers and family members find them familiar.
"With social media, we could be doing more ourselves to share environmental stories and evidence of climate change," said one student, "using apps like Meerkat and Periscope".
Or maybe the stories are evidence that the pharmaceutical companies have succeeded in medicalising a normal human experience and marketing drugs to "treat" it.
The tendency to weave stories where evidence is missing is the human brain's sustaining feature, precipitating heroic action, senseless love, and mindless hate.
These stories include evidence from the community, health, and science.
The Drake and Odell Beckham Jr. stories are evidence of that.
