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  1. ✮ Anatomy of Brokenness ✮

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  2. 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.

    doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2026.

  3. 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.

    doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2026.

  4. 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.

    doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2026.

  5. 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.

    doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2026.

  6. 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.

    doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2026.

  7. Return of the Boltzmann Brains: Why a Bizarre Hypothesis Suggests the Past May Be Harder to Prove Than We Think

    The idea that memories might not correspond to real events but could actually be illusions created by chance…
    #NewsBeep #News #Physics #Boltzmann #Boltzmannhypotheis #Brain #CA #Canada #falsememories #illusions #Memories #paradox #Science
    newsbeep.com/ca/665722/

  8. Return of the Boltzmann Brains: Why a Bizarre Hypothesis Suggests the Past May Be Harder to Prove Than We Think

    The idea that memories might not correspond to real events but could actually be illusions created by chance…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Physics #Boltzmann #Boltzmannhypotheis #Brain #falsememories #illusions #Memories #paradox #Science
    newsbeep.com/us/639639/

  9. Return of the Boltzmann Brains: Why a Bizarre Hypothesis Suggests the Past May Be Harder to Prove Than We Think

    The idea that memories might not correspond to real events but could actually be illusions created by chance…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Physics #Boltzmann #Boltzmannhypotheis #Brain #falsememories #illusions #Memories #paradox #Science
    newsbeep.com/us/639639/

  10. Return of the Boltzmann Brains: Why a Bizarre Hypothesis Suggests the Past May Be Harder to Prove Than We Think

    The idea that memories might not correspond to real events but could actually be illusions created by chance…
    #NewsBeep #News #Physics #AU #Australia #Boltzmann #Boltzmannhypotheis #Brain #falsememories #illusions #memories #paradox #Science
    newsbeep.com/au/667200/

  11. Return of the Boltzmann Brains: Why a Bizarre Hypothesis Suggests the Past May Be Harder to Prove Than We Think

    The idea that memories might not correspond to real events but could actually be illusions created by chance…
    #NewsBeep #News #Physics #AU #Australia #Boltzmann #Boltzmannhypotheis #Brain #falsememories #illusions #memories #paradox #Science
    newsbeep.com/au/667200/

  12. Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
    -- Joseph Conrad

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JosephConrad #Illusions

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida

  13. Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
    -- Joseph Conrad

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JosephConrad #Illusions

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida

  14. Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
    -- Joseph Conrad

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JosephConrad #Illusions

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida

  15. Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
    -- Joseph Conrad

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JosephConrad #Illusions

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida

  16. Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
    -- Joseph Conrad

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JosephConrad #Illusions

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida

  17. "The Stepping Feet Illusion

    Each of these buses is proceeding smoothly along the striped street. Yet each seems to be varying its speed dramatically."

    futilitycloset.com/2026/04/28/

    #Illusions

  18. "The Stepping Feet Illusion

    Each of these buses is proceeding smoothly along the striped street. Yet each seems to be varying its speed dramatically."

    futilitycloset.com/2026/04/28/

    #Illusions

  19. "The Stepping Feet Illusion

    Each of these buses is proceeding smoothly along the striped street. Yet each seems to be varying its speed dramatically."

    futilitycloset.com/2026/04/28/

    #Illusions

  20. "The Stepping Feet Illusion

    Each of these buses is proceeding smoothly along the striped street. Yet each seems to be varying its speed dramatically."

    futilitycloset.com/2026/04/28/

    #Illusions

  21. "The Stepping Feet Illusion

    Each of these buses is proceeding smoothly along the striped street. Yet each seems to be varying its speed dramatically."

    futilitycloset.com/2026/04/28/

    #Illusions

  22. Indiana University Bloomington: Too Good to Be True? IU Acquires Legendary Magic Collection. “Announced on April 1, the acquisition may sound too good to be true—an illusion befitting the subject itself. But there is no trick, misdirection, or sleight-of-hand at work here. David Ben’s extraordinary collection is now held at one of the world’s great libraries, marking a landmark moment for […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/03/indiana-university-bloomington-too-good-to-be-true-iu-acquires-legendary-magic-collection/
  23. Indiana University Bloomington: Too Good to Be True? IU Acquires Legendary Magic Collection. “Announced on April 1, the acquisition may sound too good to be true—an illusion befitting the subject itself. But there is no trick, misdirection, or sleight-of-hand at work here. David Ben’s extraordinary collection is now held at one of the world’s great libraries, marking a landmark moment for […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/03/indiana-university-bloomington-too-good-to-be-true-iu-acquires-legendary-magic-collection/
  24. Indiana University Bloomington: Too Good to Be True? IU Acquires Legendary Magic Collection. “Announced on April 1, the acquisition may sound too good to be true—an illusion befitting the subject itself. But there is no trick, misdirection, or sleight-of-hand at work here. David Ben’s extraordinary collection is now held at one of the world’s great libraries, marking a landmark moment for […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/03/indiana-university-bloomington-too-good-to-be-true-iu-acquires-legendary-magic-collection/
  25. Indiana University Bloomington: Too Good to Be True? IU Acquires Legendary Magic Collection. “Announced on April 1, the acquisition may sound too good to be true—an illusion befitting the subject itself. But there is no trick, misdirection, or sleight-of-hand at work here. David Ben’s extraordinary collection is now held at one of the world’s great libraries, marking a landmark moment for […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/03/indiana-university-bloomington-too-good-to-be-true-iu-acquires-legendary-magic-collection/
  26. Making up history.

    I watched the Peaky Blinders film and was not impressed (beyond sets and set piece), but although I did not know about the ‘real’ Beckett (a villain in the piece), this article by his son was interesting and I think apposite. Making up heroic histories is no way to build a future.

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #History #Drama #Thriller #Illusions #Myths

  27. Making up history.

    I watched the Peaky Blinders film and was not impressed (beyond sets and set piece), but although I did not know about the ‘real’ Beckett (a villain in the piece), this article by his son was interesting and I think apposite. Making up heroic histories is no way to build a future.

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #History #Drama #Thriller #Illusions #Myths