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k55f5r

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28. Suspension of disbelief

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat May 11, 2024, 12:15 PM

May 11

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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]

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Mark Jacobs: This is not normal [View all] highplainsdem May 10 OP

Yep dweller May 10 #1

Yes. Which is why I wanted to post it here. highplainsdem May 10 #3

The Republican media cracks the nutshells and piles up a bunch of nuts. live love laugh May 10 #24

That says a lot that voters ought to consider. Kick and Rec. bucolic_frolic May 10 #2

Thanks! highplainsdem May 10 #4

Jacobs' opening line was a big DUH. But his map that follows gets five stars. Thanks! ancianita May 10 #5

Boy, this says it all... karin_sj May 10 #6

INDEED. AmBlue May 10 #7

K&R Elessar Zappa May 10 #8

Two timelines diverged when the.. LudwigPastorius May 10 #9

I was literally going to ask where we took a wrong turn on the timeline... FirstLight May 11 #29

I heard an interview today with Doris Kearns Goodwin about her new book. Lonestarblue May 10 #10

Another time, another place. Biophilic May 10 #12

USA is a sick nation and a sick society with failed media. PufPuf23 May 10 #11

Yep Cosmocat May 10 #18

Indeed....not normal. Sogo May 10 #13

Well put! mahina May 10 #14

Sigh. Is it the End Times yet? Hekate May 10 #15

Two roads diverged in a red white and blue wood, and they... hvn_nbr_2 May 10 #16

I don't see anything in there that is not birdographer May 10 #17

Well, when you say it like thaaat....... 70sEraVet May 10 #19

That was a most excellent summation of our current state of affairs. Uncle Joe May 10 #20

It is possible that is could become normal. republianmushroom May 10 #21

There are Americans that read that and think "that's absurd!" and there are others that think "WHITE NOISE...ZZZZ". Mr. Ected May 10 #22

Kick dalton99a May 10 #23

Nothing beats... czarjak May 10 #25

Thanks for posting that, highplainsdem. I've bookmarked it. summer_in_TX May 11 #26

Ripley's Believe It Or Not can never top this. Hermit-The-Prog May 11 #27

Suspension of disbelief k55f5r May 11 #28

The worm ate the part of his brain that would've SupportSanity May 11 #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 11 #31