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- 01:20, 12 June 2025 False Dilemma (hist | edit) [443 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''false dilemma''' or "''dichotomous bias''" is a logical fallacy that occurs when only two options are presented as the only possible choices, ignoring other valid alternatives. It oversimplifies complex issues and pressures the audience into choosing between extremes. For example, saying “you either support this policy or you hate progress” falsely limits the range of reasonable opinions.") Tag: Visual edit
- 00:31, 22 May 2025 Homo Narcoticus (hist | edit) [959 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The concept of ''Homo Narcoticus'' suggests that human beings—whether seen as the culmination of 4 billion years of life's evolution or 300 million years of vertebrate refinement—were exquisitely tuned to an ancestral environment vastly different from the one we now inhabit.''' As the modern world accelerates beyond the thresholds our nervous systems were designed to endure, a profound mismatch emerges. ''Homo Narcoticus'' posits that pharmacological intervention...") Tag: Visual edit
- 00:17, 20 May 2025 Game Theory (hist | edit) [1,403 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Game theory is the study of strategic decision-making, where the outcome for each participant depends not only on their own choices but also on the choices of others. It helps explain how individuals or groups behave in competitive or cooperative scenarios, from economics and politics to everyday life.") Tag: Visual edit
- 00:47, 9 May 2025 Psychonautics (hist | edit) [1,562 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Psychonautics''' is the exploration of altered states of consciousness, typically for the purpose of gaining insight into the mind, the nature of reality, or the self. The term is derived from the Greek words ''psyche'' (soul or mind) and ''nautes'' (sailor), meaning “'''sailor of the mind'''.” A '''psychonaut''' is someone who deliberately enters and navigates non-ordinary states of consciousness—often through Pivotal Mental States, meditation, sensory depr...") Tag: Visual edit
- 00:40, 9 May 2025 Pluralism (hist | edit) [1,031 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Pluralism''' is the recognition and acceptance of diversity within a system—be it cultural, philosophical, political, or cognitive. At its core, pluralism asserts that '''multiple perspectives, beliefs, or value systems can coexist''', often holding partial truths or offering valid interpretations of reality. Rather than seeking to reduce everything to a single “correct” viewpoint, pluralism encourages dialogue, openness, and the respectful engagement of differe...") Tag: Visual edit
- 23:07, 10 April 2025 Saccade (hist | edit) [912 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "alt=A man that is scanning the environment with high eyes|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Eye scanning '''A saccade is a rapid eye movement that allows the high-resolution center of the retina (the fovea) to scan the environment.''' These unconscious shifts enable the brain to stitch together a high-definition mental simulation of the world around us.") Tag: Visual edit
- 06:41, 2 April 2025 Tetris Effect (hist | edit) [11,721 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Repatterned modes of perception after devotion to an activity}} {{For|the 2018 video game|Tetris Effect{{!}}''Tetris Effect''}} thumb|200px|Screenshot of a tetromino game. People who play video puzzle games like this for a long time may see moving images like this at the edges of their visual fields, when they close their eyes, or when they are drifting off to sleep. {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Tetris'' effect}} The '''Tetris ef...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
