#illusions — Public Fediverse posts

What correlates with #illusions of causality?

Despite seeing enough treatments and outcomes to calculate a #medicine's effect, people overestimated its effectiveness.

That illusion of causality correlated more with #reasoning preferences than effort.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2026.104045

A giant back step. How thinking that security by hiding could be a security solution and live happily. 😎

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-goes-to-war-against-open-source/

#security #hiding #magic #illusions #madness

"Why I Stopped Believing in #Souls"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztv8vHWOHg4

#neardeathexperience #neuroscience

Is the soul real—or just a comforting story we tell ourselves? In this video, #atheist spiritual director Brit Hartley shares the moment that shattered her belief in the soul, exploring cutting-edge neuroscience, #splitbrain experiments, the case of the #Hogantwins, and the #emotional #illusions behind #neardeathexperiences.

😎 People in this career are better at seeing through optical illusions

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/people-in-this-career-are-better-at-seeing-through-optical-illusions/

#vision #illusions #perception #psychology #professions