In an experiment, four-person chains of participants conveyed a message about a restaurant using worm meat in its hamburger. In one condition, the information was given to the first person along with an indication of uncertainty as to whether it was true, while the control condition had no such expression of uncertainty. By the fourth retelling of this message, the original uncertainty had:

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The original uncertainty had disappeared by the fourth retelling, as people tend to omit uncertainty in retellings, leading to a more certain version of the message.

In an Experiment, Four-Person Chains of Participants Conveyed a Message