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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Why Scientists Made Ants Walk on Stilts
Description: Learn about why people have illusions of control; that time scientists made desert ants walk on stilts to test the pedometer hypothesis; and how to reduce your chances of getting hurt when you fall.Â
Illusions of control may arise not because humans ignore evidence, but because they're very sensitive to it by Kelsey Donk
Yon, D. (2020, December 2). It’s not necessarily deluded to feel in control when you’re not. Psyche; Psyche. https://psyche.co/ideas/its-not-necessarily-deluded-to-feel-in-control-when-youre-notÂ
Yon, D., Bunce, C., & Press, C. (2020). Illusions of control without delusions of grandeur. Cognition, 205, 104429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104429Â
The time scientists made ants wa...