13/14 Context matters for reality perception.
Dijkstra notes: "If you imagine a pink elephant really vividly, you're probably still not going to think it's real because pink elephants don't exist."
The brain considers plausibility alongside signal strength.
#Context #Plausibility
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Das Buch-Cover von »Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2024« auf grünem Hintergrund.
[#Sociology]
A global assessment of physical and social conditions for sustainable climate change adaptation.
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7081-3/
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The beauty and fulfillment of philosophizing is, among other things, arriving at plausible viewpoints/theories/hypotheses/explanations.
#Philosophy #Philsky #Theory #Hypothesis #Plausibility
A #TTRPG setting, in our opinion, must float on an island of #internalconsistency. Yes, there's wizards. Yes, there's elves. But where they are and what they do is the glue that stops your #setting from coming apart. #realism may be boring, but #plausibility is vital for #PC interest.
The question of the historicity of Jesus underscores the distinction between scientific proof and plausible evidence.
There is no definitive historical-scientific proof that 1/2
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Yes, but we shouldn't overlook that Freud would say this is direct evidence of Trump's own #penisenvy because Freud would ask him: "What's a Matter Don? You Horny and have no clue where your wife is?"
#plausibility
