Glad to be gullible

• Autores: Clare Wilson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2536, 2006, págs. 37-39
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Wilson explores how the brain works between people whom she called sheep and goats--the animal terminologies stemmed from a passage in the Bible with the sheep being the believers of God and the goats those who are not--and their different responses toward paranormal and supernatural occurrences. Research into the differences between sheep and goats has over the years produced some intriguing findings about how the brain works. Study after study suggested that sheep saw paranormal events where they were none, simply because they were worse at judging probabilities and randomness, and even at using logical reasoning.