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The Partial Spectator: What Makes Stories Interesting

Robin Hanson has some thought-provoking posts up about storytelling.  He points to some research involving an evolutionary explanation for why certain stories appeal to us, why we recoil from certain kinds of antagonists, and why certain heroes lift our spirits. … Continue reading

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The Knobe Effect

Thought provoking video demonstrating the so called Knobe Effect, a strange intuition we have about ascribing intentions to actors.

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