Llifs – the effect of street light and supernatural research

Cognitive prejudice is one of the annoying human features that we all and that affect us on a daily basis. It is related to several ways to the way we conduct supernatural research. Through his awareness of this bias, we have already become better investigators and researchers, and for this reason I like to explore it on this blog.

What is cognitive bias?

Cognitive bias is a mistake in the way we think. This means that we do not necessarily think with a “clear mind”. Our experiences, beliefs, and intentions affect the way we think, the way we make decisions, and the way we explain our surroundings. Just the fact that we believe in the paranormal make us bias. This means that we are more likely to “self -full prophecy” as our brain is likely to explain that some things are supernatural when they are not. We are looking for the paranormal and “our brain” makes us find it even if there is no actually. At the other end, the full skeptical is also biased and will tend to search for a rational interpretation, which specializes in any kind of mysterious events without even looking at the possibility that something we do not fully understand. No one is fortified, but by applying critical thinking and taking a moment to really think about things rather than responding or responding to a calm can make a big difference.

Psychology itself is full of “antiquities”. They all explain the different ways we are affected by our brains. Whether we see things that do not exist, hear things that do not exist, misuse of information through how we behave can all be linked to one of these “effects”. Although you may think it looks unrelated, it can be useful tools when it comes to investigating the paranormal. While many people complain that electronic equipment is unreliable during the investigation, the same can be said about our brains. Knowledge is the power and knowledge of these things only makes us more aware and in turn makes us better paranormal. The experience may be much more important when we can actually exclude all the little things that deceive us to think about something, and we can really start asking questions.

To make us more reliable, there is already 188 different cognitive bias with a new bias all the time. You can read more about this in my article Cognitive prejudice and paranormal

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The effect of street light

Street light effect is also known as The principle of searching for sugar. He plays on the story of a drunk man who shot his keys in a car park. He is looking for keys far from the parking lot under the street light because it is easier to see it. When asked why he was there, the answer was.It is easier to see it in lightSo, you can get a core. As human beings, we want to save time, we are busy or maybe we are patience. We now have giant computers within reach in the form of a smartphone, and we can now ask the AI ​​program to answer any question we have.

Large companies often indicate this when it comes to collecting data. For example, people now tend to collect information through online polls that are not necessarily under control conditions, which means that the collection of data they receive can be at risk. It is easier for them to publish a link or call instead of running custom concentration groups. Although it may get results and even a higher response rate, is the data valuable than if it is the most difficult way to use concentration groups or hit the ground to go out and speak to people?

The effect of street light and supernatural research

Data collection is a truly important part of supernatural search if this is your goal. Equipment is now designed for a purpose that can do several things once, and therefore the easiest method. Our efforts are often unconsciously focused on the easiest way to do this. Using the usual pieces of equipment and striking the rooms that have been said to have the most activity. Often the techniques used are those that were seen on TV, all wandering together with what we think should be based on the achievement of a paranormal to what many other people do. We copy this because it is easy. We copy it and then adapt it, but do we invent or re -invent? Just like a man looking for his keys, where it is easier for him to see him (in light), we may surpass the place where the answers can simply lie because it is difficult or more of work until we look there. It may take a long time to prepare data records or closed cameras, so we use a manual device that all it measures and the film on the POV camera instead. Although there is nothing wrong with this approach, can we get better data and information through work mode? Perhaps closed cameras and data recorders will draw more image of what is really going on, and the areas we do not see? We can unintentionally ignore other possibilities just because we fail to look because it is a lot of work. In complete transparency, I can feel very lazy, so this is really an invitation to wake up to me as well. If I could not bothered me, do I eat shortcuts? You bet I do, but this now makes me wonder … what is the cost? What do I miss? Is there a site that you visit often and think, “Nothing really happens in this field, so I will not waste my time, I will go to the room that I know I am getting more active?“Can we miss by not putting this time and thinking a little more? There are many different thinking processes that I can apply to that, but I want to receive it for you to think and think. Is it easier to reach a piece of equipment with the flashing lights and go to the” active area “or we will find more with the pen and paper and collect actual data that may tell us something more meaningful?

By admitting the effect of our street light and cognitive biases, we can start looking at our habits and perhaps look beyond the fashionable, and approach our investigations with a more important and open lens.

Sometimes in the dark, you find light!

Reference

https://www.formpl.us/blog/streetlight- Weffect-definition-implications-examples

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Arttingles/pmc7829028/