Ep 35 The Spotlight Effect
This episode traces the specific feeling that everyone's watching you back to a real, measurable overestimation bias — and pairs it with mirror folklore from cultures with zero contact with each other, all independently landing on the same fear. Fact-checked, a little eerie, and a lot more reassuring by the end than you'd expect.
Teaser blog on Medium, every Wednesday, Sketches of the Mind
Read the full blog on Substack: Sketches of the Mind
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