Find the Snakes

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  • DracoTarot's Avatar
    Level 52
    @DoctorEldritch I agree with the subject matter and yes it's debatable.

    They convinced me there are more snakes by influencing my way of thinking. I would normally do the same as you when spotting danger and would be feeling in the opposite direction to avoid harm.

    One of the questions was "would you fight or flee" and I answered flee. The next question stated, " you've chosen to flee but what about the other dangers in your immediate environment?"

    The question made me rethink my strategy and when I looked at the photo more in detail I was tricked into thinking there was more than one snake through my mind's eye and the circled ones looked like the heads of snakes. Pareidolia is to blame according to the study outcome.

    I guess what they tried with this type of test was to ask deceptive questions that are intended to make one give an answer that is not correct or that causes difficulty! To create an unshakeable belief in something implausible, bizarre, or obviously untrue.
    @avillio said there may be 3 snakes and I got 4. You found the real danger lurking under the leaves. According to the study, we all are Hypervigilant.

    Why must these types of tests be so complicated and hard? 😶
  • DoctorEldritch's Avatar
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    @DracoTarot I want to say psychology is very layered and complex, so those tests are hard. As for being Hypervigilant, maybe I am, but it depends on the environment as well. I am afraid of snakes, so whenever I am in the forest, I am always extra alert. This past summer I was on vacation in the Alps hiking with my family, and I spotted several snakes at different times (which in itself is odd as they generally prefer to hide). And my parents were asking me how I could spot them as they are camouflaged, and I was surprised that they actually could not spot them. In forests, I am more alert about danger. One of the reasons I like winter is when all those serpents are hibernating.

    The reverse about the environment is also applicable, there is a study that suggests that most of the traffic accidents actually happen in suburbia districts, because houses and lawns and speed limits lure drivers into a false feeling of safety and calm, and their alertness levels drop and it results in accidents more so than in city centre where they always need to be alert. That and texting while driving (don't do that!).
  • Saka's Avatar
    Level 52
    Even with marked locations I can't tell the difference between the heads and other spots that are gaps between the leaves.

    Somehow snakes are not very exciting for my brain. It goes like "snakes? whatever, I've had worse trouble in my life".