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It's not fiction if you believe it: How imaginary worlds are derived from imaginary realities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2022

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Jeffrey Jensen Arnett*
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Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610, USA arnett@jeffreyarnett.com; www.jeffreyarnett.com
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Abstract

Imaginary worlds are not a consequence of humans' exploratory tendencies as argued in the target article but a recent spinoff of a strong human tendency to create imaginary realities, that is, versions of how the world works that are fabricated (although we believe they are real) in order to allow us to believe we understand it and can control it.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e277
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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