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People do not swallow large numbers of spiders during sleep. A sleeping person makes noises that warn spiders of danger. [503] [504] Most people also wake up from sleep when they have a spider on their face. [505] A female Chinese mantis simultaneously copulating with and cannibalizing her mate; this does not occur every time mantises mate.
Answer: False – people can survive about three days, on average, without water. 75. All of your taste buds are on your tongue. Answer: False – you also have taste buds in your nose and sinuses ...
Repetition makes statements easier to process relative to new, unrepeated statements, leading people to believe that the repeated conclusion is more truthful. The illusory truth effect has also been linked to hindsight bias , in which the recollection of confidence is skewed after the truth has been received.
We decided to test your knowledge by blending commonly believed facts with those that might sound false but are actually true. So, how many of these so-called false facts do you still believe?
The tendency for some people, especially those with depression, to overestimate the likelihood of negative things happening to them. (compare optimism bias) Present bias: The tendency of people to give stronger weight to payoffs that are closer to the present time when considering trade-offs between two future moments. [110] Plant blindness
Image credits: Didntlikedefaultname #2. You cannot save everyone. But the small kindnesses you share can dramatically affect the people around you, even if they feel insignificant to you.
False authority (single authority) – using an expert of dubious credentials or using only one opinion to promote a product or idea. Related to the appeal to authority. False dilemma (false dichotomy, fallacy of bifurcation, black-or-white fallacy) – two alternative statements are given as the only possible options when, in reality, there ...
People *actually believe their religions are true*. I thought that everyone else was just going along with things for whatever reason - as I was - because, even as a kid, none of it made sense.