Philosophy
Print journal: Evolutionary Enquiry into the Structure of Perception
By: Taylor Coplen, writing for The Science in Society Review Humans are terrible observers. If a laboratory instrument introduced as much bias as we do, it would be tossed out immediately. We fabricate significant patterns from meaningless data. We see faces everywhere, from pieces of toast to Mars[1]. And every classic rock song, when played backwards, [...]
The New Psychology of Judgment and its Ramifications for Justice
The psychology behind human decision-making and judgment is widely thought to be rational, analytical, and consistent. Our society fetishizes economic forecasts, political statistics, and the digitization of identity through social media. In such a society, it is satisfying to view decision-making as mechanical, predictable, and coherent. However, over the past decade or so, psychological research [...]
Simulism: How to Know if the Universe is a Computer Simulation
The premise stems from philosophy; are the universe and human reality real external phenomena? Mathematician Rene Descartes hypothesized the existence of a demon that presented a complete illusion of the external world to his bodily senses to hide the true world1,2. The Hindu philosopher Advaita Vedanta proposed the conscious experiences that comprise human reality are [...]
Our Draining Willpower in the Digital Age?
Quick, say the colors of the following words out loud: BLUE, ORANGE, GREEN, PURPLE, PINK, YELLOW. How many did you get right? And what does this have to do with willpower? Psychologists use this kind of test to measure our current level of willpower.1 The speed and accuracy of your responses reflects your level of [...]
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