Skeptophilia

Fighting Gullibility with Sarcasm, 6 days a week

Showing posts with label illusions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illusions. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

The phantom touch illusion

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It seems like every time researchers look further into our sensory-perceptive systems, we have another hole punched in our certainty that wh...
Thursday, April 8, 2021

Mimes in the brain

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Maybe there's a reason why so many people despise mimes. Okay, I know that seems like a non sequitur even for me, but the topic comes up...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Canine illusions

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I've always had a fascination for optical illusions. The enjoyment of bizarre trompe-l'oeil  is connected to a persistent theme in m...
Thursday, June 25, 2020

The stone hand illusion

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One of the reasons I trust science is that I have so little trust in my own brain's ability to assess correctly the nature of reality. ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

The stone hand illusion

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One of the reasons I trust science is that I have so little trust in my own brain's ability to assess correctly the nature of reality. ...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

The second self

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It's a source of some amusement to me how certain we are of what comes in through our sense organs. "I saw it with my own eyes...
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