
From the Vault: The Moses Illusion
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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What's the Whale That Captain O Was After Thin?
The moses illusion is a type of semantic illusion that occurs when we are trying to process certain kinds of sentences. It was first explored in a classic study in psychology, published in 19 81 by thomas d ericson and mark e. Matson. And i think it's interesting that this original observation about this question about moses comes out of a mysterious question about how we process the meaning of sentences.
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