PSYCH-UA 51 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Flying Spaghetti Monster, Influenza Vaccine, Null Hypothesis
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Earth round not flat even if you see it and it looks flat would you still believe that its flat. Muller illusion: (3 line illusion) cognitive impenetrability an illusion top line looks smaller than the middle line. A lie is just as much of a lie now than 2000 years ago. Just because it"s been done a certain way doesn"t mean it"s not incredibly stupid. Don"t criticize what you cant understand - bob dylan. Something that makes no common and sense and had no intuition doesnt mean its not true. Things should make theoretical sense but should make common sense. People that don"t believe in evolution -- why do you need a flu shot every year, skin color. Theory in science is similar to a proof in math. Believing in something because you are told to believe in it by an authority figure (someone in charge) Experience is something the old can"t give away.