Electronic Voice Phenomena — pseudoscience or paranormal phenomena?
Electronic voice phenomena are an auditory example of pareidolia – the tendency to perceive human characteristics in meaningless perceptual patterns.
Category: Perception
Patterns are Math We Love to Look At
Why do humans love to look at patterns? I can only guess, but I’ve written a whole book about new mathematical ways to make them.
The Quantified Life of the Fluid Self
We never stop revising the picture we have of ourselves. We sense that our identities are fixed in place – rock-solid and immovable – but we’re wrong about that.
Is Automation Making Us Stupid?
Automation is the process whereby any action, decision or function that was once performed by a human (or non-human animal) is taken over by a machine.
No, Biohackers Did Not Just Discover Eyedrops That Give You Night Vision — And using them might damage your eyesight
Currently, there is better scientific evidence that smoking weed improves your night vision than that Ce6 night vision eyedrops do.
Video Friday: Melanie Swan on Introduction to Ethics of Perception in Nanocognition
Melanie Swan on Introduction to Ethics of Perception in Nanocognition
Crowdfunding: Quell Pain Relief Wearable
Quell is an innovative drug free pain relief device currently being crowdfunded via Indiegogo.
Synaesthetic Cyborg Neil Harbisson Comments on the Sound of #TheDress
What does #TheDress sound like to a synaesthetic cyborg?