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k55f5r

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28. Suspension of disbelief
Sat May 11, 2024, 12:15 PM
May 2024

Wikipedia

American psychological critic Norman N. Holland provided a neuroscientific theory of suspension of disbelief.[15] Neurally, when a person engages with a narrative in a work of fiction, the brain goes wholly into a perceiving mode, engaging less intensely with the faculties for acting or planning to act; "poetic faith" is a willing act that is supported by the value of a narrative that is being engaged with. When the person stops perceiving to think about what has been seen or heard, its "truth-value" is assessed.[12]
Mark Jacobs: This is not normal [View all] highplainsdem May 2024 OP
Yep dweller May 2024 #1
Yes. Which is why I wanted to post it here. highplainsdem May 2024 #3
The Republican media cracks the nutshells and piles up a bunch of nuts. live love laugh May 2024 #24
That says a lot that voters ought to consider. Kick and Rec. bucolic_frolic May 2024 #2
Thanks! highplainsdem May 2024 #4
Jacobs' opening line was a big DUH. But his map that follows gets five stars. Thanks! ancianita May 2024 #5
Boy, this says it all... karin_sj May 2024 #6
INDEED. AmBlue May 2024 #7
K&R Elessar Zappa May 2024 #8
Two timelines diverged when the.. LudwigPastorius May 2024 #9
I was literally going to ask where we took a wrong turn on the timeline... FirstLight May 2024 #29
I heard an interview today with Doris Kearns Goodwin about her new book. Lonestarblue May 2024 #10
Another time, another place. Biophilic May 2024 #12
USA is a sick nation and a sick society with failed media. PufPuf23 May 2024 #11
Yep Cosmocat May 2024 #18
Indeed....not normal. Sogo May 2024 #13
Well put! mahina May 2024 #14
Sigh. Is it the End Times yet? Hekate May 2024 #15
Two roads diverged in a red white and blue wood, and they... hvn_nbr_2 May 2024 #16
I don't see anything in there that is not birdographer May 2024 #17
Well, when you say it like thaaat....... 70sEraVet May 2024 #19
That was a most excellent summation of our current state of affairs. Uncle Joe May 2024 #20
It is possible that is could become normal. republianmushroom May 2024 #21
There are Americans that read that and think "that's absurd!" and there are others that think "WHITE NOISE...ZZZZ". Mr. Ected May 2024 #22
Kick dalton99a May 2024 #23
Nothing beats... czarjak May 2024 #25
Thanks for posting that, highplainsdem. I've bookmarked it. summer_in_TX May 2024 #26
Ripley's Believe It Or Not can never top this. Hermit-The-Prog May 2024 #27
Suspension of disbelief k55f5r May 2024 #28
The worm ate the part of his brain that would've SupportSanity May 2024 #30
Wow. 290 recs in 24 hours. I knew when I ran across this on Twitter that a lot of DUers would want to highplainsdem May 2024 #31
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