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Category Archives: illusion
Scribble: Rant – No Variations on the Theme, revisited
The preamble to the preamble I spent three hours (!) this morning talking with ‘a’ WordPress Happiness Engineer, (to whom I shall refer as ‘HE’ and ‘they’, for reasons that will become apparent, should you actually make it that far; … Continue reading
The illusion of free will
First, watch this: Having watched it, you may now have an idea what the ‘many worlds’ hypothesis is about. Focusing on the Schrödinger’s Cat example: when the box is opened, the universe splits into two; one in which the cat … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, consciousness, Core thought, illusion, Phlyarology, Science
Tagged consciousness, fate, free will, illusion, quantum physics
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The paradox of expertise
I’ve long maintained that the deal that’s been struck by computer makers with computer users about security is very one-sided. It assumes that the user always has the nouse to deal with their end of the bargain, and that’s simply … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Education, Games, illusion, Phlyarology
Tagged cognitive bias, Expertise, Hand of Fate, learning, Paradox, Paradox of Expertise
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Seeing the real world, revisited
With a hat tip to Fandango’s Friday Flashback, here we are, albeit a day late, with a post of mine from eight years ago today. There’s nothing special about ‘eight years’; it’s simply that, of all the fourth of April … Continue reading
What you believe can affect your appetite
I learnt a new word today: ‘ghrelin‘. It’s a hormone produced by the stomach that regulates hunger. If you have more ghrelin in your system, you’ll tend to feel hungry; if you have less of it, then you’ll tend to … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Education, Health, illusion, Phlyarology, Science
Tagged belief, choice, ghrelin, hunger, perception, weight gain
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Seeing three dimensions in two dimensions
Let me tell you right off the bat here that this isn’t an April Fool’s post. I promise you that. I’ve just learned from The Observation Post that April is apparently ‘National Humor Month’*; this post isn’t meant to be … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, illusion, Phlyarology
Tagged April Fool (not), autostereogram
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Seeing the real world
I seem to have hit a period of recurring themes, coming back to haunt me like a Sierpinski triangle. A boss of mine some years ago (nice chap) was adamant that he had reached a stage in his life in … Continue reading
Big brother’s eyesight can’t be any better than ours…
Who is this? It’s Albert Einstein, right? OK, stand up and back off from the screen a few feet. Look again… Who is it now? … and do you think that videocamera evidence should be admissable? Thanks, Jane, for sending … Continue reading