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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by lupire on Friday May 21, 2021 @09:37PM (#27242375)
Feynman's examples is of people being more critical about certain issues. A better example is the case of "radiation" that could only be seen in a dark room in the corner of your eye, which turned out to be a human visual artifact and wishful thinking.
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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by perl4ever on Friday May 21, 2021 @09:51PM (#27242473)
I assume you're thinking of N-Rays and Blondlot, but there is another phenomenon that more or less fits your description.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray_visual_phenomena

It's interesting that according to the Wikipedia article it's not entirely certain whether the radiation is producing actual light or just the sensation of light.

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