Spotlight effect
Students were forced to wear a ridiculous singer t-shirt. Participants were sure half the audience stared at them, but real figures showed: the portrait was noticed by only two out of ten. We think everyone watches us. 👕👀🙈
#psychology #experiment #society
Students were forced to wear a ridiculous singer t-shirt. Participants were sure half the audience stared at them, but real figures showed: the portrait was noticed by only two out of ten. We think everyone watches us. 👕👀🙈
#psychology #experiment #society
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Map of the Invisible Skeleton
Scientists managed to look billions of light-years away and record dark matter for the first time thanks to the effect of light bending from distant galaxies by massive objects.
#galaxy #telescope #science
Scientists managed to look billions of light-years away and record dark matter for the first time thanks to the effect of light bending from distant galaxies by massive objects.
#galaxy #telescope #science
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Vulgar
Paradoxically, the root originally meant "derived from antiquity," meaning traditional, ordinary, and even respected. Only in the romantic era did the word change polarity, turning into a synonym for vulgarity, banality, and bad taste. 📜
#etymology #words #culture
Paradoxically, the root originally meant "derived from antiquity," meaning traditional, ordinary, and even respected. Only in the romantic era did the word change polarity, turning into a synonym for vulgarity, banality, and bad taste. 📜
#etymology #words #culture
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Restaurant dead end
Menu of the iconic Cheesecake Factory chain contains over two hundred dishes. Due to such crazy choice, visitors study pages for hours, get stressed, and finally order a banal burger, feeling deep disappointment. 🍔📜🤦♂️
#food #decisions #stress
Menu of the iconic Cheesecake Factory chain contains over two hundred dishes. Due to such crazy choice, visitors study pages for hours, get stressed, and finally order a banal burger, feeling deep disappointment. 🍔📜🤦♂️
#food #decisions #stress
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