Sometimes referred to as waking dreams, Hypnagogic Hallucinations occur as someone is drifting off to sleep. Although the term ‘hallucination’ can often be associated with potential mental disorders, there are some common factors that distinguish hypnagogic hallucinations from those that could be related to mental health issues. For example, they are often recognised as not being real and quickly dismissed, rather than having long lasting effects to the individual.
Author: Ashley Knibb
The Possibility of the Dunning-Kruger Effect within Ghost Hunting
slowly falling into a rabbit hole, discovering new tangents to follow at every turn. This can often be a blessing as you stumble upon new pieces of information you were previously unaware of, but equally can be a little of a hindrance too at times.
Could their be similar bias experienced within the Flat Earther’s community as there are in the Ghost Hunting community; and could the Dunning-Kruger Effect be that link?
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Is a hypothetical cognitive bias that states people with low ability at a task over estimate their own ability, and that people with high ability at a task underestimate their own ability.
Described by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger; this bias is a result of internal illusion in people of low ability and an external misconception in people of high ability.
A Zettelkasten for Psychical Research
A zettelkasten is actually a personal method or tool for thinking and writing. it has become established as quite an effective knowledge management system and is well suited for research or general learning. The system has features that allow the ideas or notes to be inter-onnected in such a fashion, that provides a web of content. Which means you can connect each and every idea or note to another in various manners.
The Perception of Paranormal Events
Sometimes how we perceive possible paranormal events can lead us to misunderstanding what is really going on..
Looking to the Inter-Life for Paranormal Answers
When you begin to think about consciousness returning to physical form through reincarnation, then we must consider where they have been; thats where inter-life comes into the discussion.
What’s the point of EVP?
EVP has certainly grown in popularity, but can it be considered as true evidence of survival ?
The Freezing Haunted Fort
In my latest installment of Supernatural Synchronicity Case Files, I return to the case of Landguard Fort to discuss its apparitions and psychological contagion…
