Michael Shermer: On Patternicity
Relatively Interesting - Patternicity: The tendency to find meaningful patterns in meaningless noise. ”Why do people see faces in nature, interpret window stains as human figures, hear voices in random...
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The Science of Getting Drunk: How Alcohol Affects the Body and Brain
Relatively Interesting - Drunkenness occurs when a large amount of alcohol enters a person’s bloodstream. The alcohol causes many visible symptoms. The drinker’s speech will slur, their balance will...
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10 Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology and the Mind
Relatively Interesting - Scientists have been studying the human brain for centuries, but have yet to fully uncover the secrets of this amazing organ. Best Psychology Schools Online has compiled an...
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Why are we afraid of the dark?
Relatively Interesting - Why are we afraid of the dark… and should we be? Some experts believe that fear of darkness is genetically coded in humans. That is, our ancestors were afraid of the dark...
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The Face on Mars: Alien Architecture or Example of Pareidolia?
Relatively Interesting - Back in 1976, the Viking Orbiter 1 acquired some images of the Cydonia region of Mars as part of the search for a potential landing site for the Viking Lander 2. One of the...
View ArticleWhat happens when you die?
Relatively Interesting - I was born in 1979. Prior to my birth, a few interesting things happened: Around 13.7 billion years ago, the universe came into existence with a Big Bang About 4.6 billion...
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5 Scientists Alive Today Who Are Changing the World
Relatively Interesting - Here are five hot young scientists working right now to change the world. Maybe we can sell some t-shirts with their faces on them or get kids to say, “Check out his awesome...
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Deconstructing the Genius of Leonardo da Vinci
Relatively Interesting - From Thomas Edison to Alexander Graham Bell, the history of the world has benefitted from the brilliance and ingenuity of many great inventors. While many inventors have left...
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Why do people see ghosts, gods, aliens, angels, and demons?
Relatively Interesting - Why is it that people believe weird things? 500 years ago, demons haunted our world, and incubi and succubi tormented their victims as they lay asleep in their beds. 200 years...
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Pseudoscience and conspiracy theory are not victimless crimes against science
Relatively Interesting - Eduardo Nicolas Schulz, University of Birmingham News of anti-vaxxer movements, demands to teach creationism in schools as science, and dubious claims for the health-giving...
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Optical Illusions: How Our Eyes Trick Our Brains
Relatively Interesting - Over 50% of the cortex, the large outer layer of the brain, is devoted to vision. Optical illusions illustrate that the mind makes assumptions about the world – it is the...
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15 ways to beat procrastination
Relatively Interesting - Let’s face it. It’s easy to procrastinate. It’s really easy. Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow? The thing is, not doing the things you’re supposed to do is...
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Making poor decisions? Blame these 20 cognitive biases.
Relatively Interesting - You’ve made a poor decision in life. What to do? Who to blame? Yourself? Well, yeah – there’s a pretty good chance that one of these 20 cognitive biases have influenced one...
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How cognitive fallacies fool scientists (and how to fix the problem)
Relatively Interesting - Humans are remarkably good at self-deception, and growing concern about reproducibility is driving many researchers to seek ways to fight their own instincts. Scientists are...
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Use these psychological tricks to get people to do what you want
Relatively Interesting - Ever wish you had the power to get people to do what you want them to do? Wouldn’t it be great if there was a toolkit, or perhaps a simple infographic that gave you the...
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Optical Illusions: Why seeing Isn’t Always Believing
Relatively Interesting - We all like to think we can trust our own eyes. But if you’ve ever experienced an optical illusion, you know sometimes things aren’t always as they appear. Take this image, for...
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A visual guide to Cognitive Biases
Relatively Interesting - Cognitive biases are psychological tendencies that cause the human brain to draw incorrect conclusions. Such biases are thought to be a form of “cognitive shortcut”, often...
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50 of the most misleading, misused, ambiguous, and logically confused terms...
Relatively Interesting - The goal of this article is to promote clear thinking and clear writing among students and teachers of psychological science by curbing terminological misinformation and...
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Has NASA’s Curiosity Rover found photo evidence of life on Mars?
Relatively Interesting - Since it’s dramatic landing on August 6th, 2012, NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover has been sending back incredible images back to Earth. Conspiracy theorists have been trawling...
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10 Cognitive Biases that Affect Your Everyday Decisions
Relatively Interesting - We make countless decisions every day. Some may be life changing, while others are so trivial we’re not even aware they’re taking place. In scenarios we haven’t faced before,...
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