Matt writes, "I took an alternate path to understanding the world from most of your readers. I switched from psychology to history in order to better research what really happened as opposed to what kids are taught in school. A concept that stuck with me and in fact is a critical reference point for me in every day life is our tendency to seek patterns and to see things that aren't there. As a tribute to the fallibility of our complex brains my first tattoo is a visualization of the Gestalt Law of Closure." Click here to go to the full Science Tattoo Emporium.
The Tattoo That Wasn't There
Explore an alternate path to understanding how psychology influences history and reveals our cognitive fallibility.
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