The mind's quantum leap
The anatomy of choice
Double visions and flip-flops
The power of keeping it open
007skaty Spin the machine's dials to discover how your mind holds multiple possibilities at once.
007skaty Cognitive superposition triggers analysis paralysis because simulating too many potential realities makes it incredibly difficult to force a collapse.
What term describes the mental freeze that happens when we are overwhelmed by too many choices?
007skaty Quantum cognition models our fear of unknown urns as overlapping, conflicting beliefs.
In the Ellsberg paradox experiment, what objects are participants asked to draw from a container?
What is the name of the paradox that shows humans prefer known risks over unknown probabilities?
Urn odds: In Ellsberg's experiments, people consistently paid more money to avoid ambiguity, proving we will literally buy our way out of the unknown.
In cognitive science, what is the term for when unresolved uncertainty about one event interferes with your decision on another?
Which logical rule states that if you prefer an action under two different scenarios, you should still prefer it when the scenario is unknown?
The capacity of an individual to act independently and make their own free choices. In 2013, neuroscientist Karl Friston mathematically modeled this capacity as a process of minimizing variational free energy.
What biological network in the body is often called the second brain and is closely tied to intuitive gut feelings?