Science and storytelling mean different things when they speak of truth. This difference leads some to blame storytelling for presenting a distorted view of science and contributing to misinformation. Yet others celebrate storytelling as a way to engage audiences and share accurate scientific information. This review disentangles the complexities of how storytelling intersects with scientific misinformation. Storytelling is the act of sharing a narrative, and science and narrative represent two distinct ways of constructing reality. Where science searches for broad patterns that capture general truths about the world, narratives search for connections through human experience that assign meaning and value to reality. I explore how these contrasting conceptions of truth manifest across different contexts to either promote or counter scientific misinformation. I also identify gaps in the literature and identify promising future areas of research. Even with their differences, the underlying purpose of both science and narrative seeks to make sense of the world and find our place within it. While narrative can indeed lead to scientific misinformation, narrative can also help science counter misinformation by providing meaning to reality that incorporates accurate science knowledge into human experience.

科学和讲故事在谈论真理时意味着不同的东西。这种差异导致一些人将讲故事归咎于歪曲科学观点并导致错误信息。还有一些人庆祝讲故事作为吸引观众和分享准确科学信息的一种方式。这篇评论解开了讲故事与科学错误信息相交的复杂性。讲故事是分享叙事的行为，科学和叙事代表了构建现实的两种截然不同的方式。科学寻找捕捉世界普遍真理的广泛模式，而叙事则通过人类经验寻找联系，为现实赋予意义和价值。我探索了这些对比鲜明的真理概念如何在不同的背景下表现出来，以促进或对抗科学错误信息。我还确定了文献中的空白，并确定了未来有希望的研究领域。尽管存在差异，但科学和叙事的根本目的都是试图理解世界并在其中找到我们的位置。虽然叙事确实会导致科学错误信息，但叙事也可以通过为现实提供意义，将准确的科学知识融入人类经验，从而帮助科学对抗错误信息。