Shtulman Andrew
Department of Psychology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA
Behav Brain Sci. 2022 Nov 18;45:e298. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X21002338.
Imaginary worlds may satisfy our need to explore, but it's an open question what we are searching for. Research on imagination suggests that if we are searching for something extraordinary - something that violates our intuitions about real-world causality - then we seek it in small doses and in contexts that ultimately confirm our intuitions. Imaginary worlds allow for true novelty, but we may actually prefer ideas that are novel on their surface but familiar at their core.
想象的世界或许能满足我们探索的需求，但我们究竟在追寻什么仍是个悬而未决的问题。关于想象力的研究表明，如果我们在寻找非同寻常的事物——即违背我们对现实世界因果关系直觉的事物——那么我们会小剂量地去寻找，并且是在最终能证实我们直觉的情境中去寻找。想象的世界允许真正的新奇，但实际上我们可能更喜欢表面新奇但核心熟悉的观念。
