How Skeptics and Believers See the World

For more on this background on this take a look at Bruce Hood's wonderful book, "Supersense: From Superstition to Religion -- the Brain Science of Belief", pp. 250-253:

http://www.amazon.com/SuperSense-Why-We-Believe-Unbelievable/dp/0061452645

A review of Supersense which appeared in the Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/06/supersense-bruce-hood

I do not hold the copy right for the photo in this video. I reproduce it here under the terms of fair use for educational purposes only. For more on this, take a look at the work of Aude Oliva at MIT:

http://cvcl.mit.edu/Aude.htm

For more on how Aude Olivia created the picture, take a look at this MIT press release:

http://web.mit.edu/museum/about/pr/2007/2007-10_einsteins.html

Another good supplemental source:

http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0010945208002086

And this:

http://www.biorationalinstitute.com/shownews.php?nid=66

Finally, if you honestly can't get enough of this kind of brain research, take a look at some of Peter Brugger's research findings posted here:

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:WCUuBKDHvOAJ:en.scientificcommons.org/pe...

An excellent article link was sent to me by a user named elgringos . Take a look:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2589-paranormal-beliefs-linked-to-brain...

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[Steve2323ZX]

also I would not take studies at face value.

I would like to know who conducted these studies, what were the controls, who funded the studies and if the findings were duplicated some where else.

I've read studies in the past that found

NO LINK between smoking cigarettes and lung cancer.

By digging around in the internet I found the studies were funded by philip morris.

My point is not all researchers are credible. To believe what they say without asking questions is taking a leap of faith

[2bsirius]

Yes, true enough...

[LikeIt387]

Sexy voice :P

[hoggy226]

ok, i'm a sceptic and i could easily see it and i definitely dont need the assistance of any drugs!! neat illusion though .......

[McmullenEJ]

if u see a pattern thats not there then where is it..?

[fortheloveofwisdom]

Interesting, but I'm a skeptic, and I've always been good at seeing patterns. I regularly see different patterns in the clouds, and I have even seen words appear on the bathroom floor. I enjoy having some kind of Jackson Pollock-style decoration, because it gives me the opportunity to see random patterns appear. So it can't be the whole story behind why some people are more skeptical than others. For myself, I just know better than to take the random patterns I see as real.

[Smithpolly]

@lancethrustworthy I'm psychic and I have a strong sense that you have low dopamine levels.

[lancethrustworthy]

Bladderflap! Hearsay. Give us the official name of the dopamine study mentioned. I think such 'information' is questionable at best.

[rodolfo1114]

Interesting information, but you constantly pause in your narration for some reason and that doesn't lend to your credibility. I suggest you re-record your narration to this video.

[Israe5l]

If I am not mistaken Derrida said: "semiology is the brunch of psychology". (Which does not contradict what you are saying, or anything) but seeing signs are not because of the external reality but because of psychological structure.

[nVei06]

@Steve2323ZX it is quite clear from youtube that liberals cannot think. you're clonking about like a liberal. what you said, was basic sense to a 10 year old. eh hem, conservative.

[twothlesswonder]

2bsirius,

Have you read much about the hyperactive agency detector hypothesis? It would seem to fit into the subject of the video.