Gossip: we all do it and we all hear it. It's natural and engaging. Why is it though that we are so engaged when someone is gossiping? What makes it so interesting that it grabs our complete attention? Why can a little gossip grab our full attention but yet our professors in class can't even grab some attention?
Gossip is nothing but talking about rumors or private affairs of others. What makes us wanting to hear more? When someone tells you "I have to tell you a secret later" your first response is "no, I want to know now". It just pulls you in to hear more about what the person is saying.
The interesting thing is this: most of the time, gossip is never exactly right and the information is tweaked. Yet, we absorb it and take it as what they say and not even think about reading into the credibility of the person half the time. Anyone can start talking about someone else and you are able to believe them, even though you have no idea who this person is. Why is that? Why do we not test their ethos more? Sometimes we ask them who they heard it from, trying to test the ethos of that person. Add in your comments here...
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