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

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

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

"The Stepping Feet Illusion

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

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/04/28/the-stepping-feet-illusion/

#Illusions

Strobe Illusion

Wow! Ich habe gerade halluziniert mit Strobe Illusion:
https://strobe.cool/

@neave

#neave #strobe #illusions #IllusionArt #fun

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 […]