Cognitive Bias

You're probably familiar with cognitive bias. It's one of my personal favorite incarnations of psychology, and someday I'm going to really study it as completely a I can. It's the primary reason I'm comfortable being a skeptic.

Today, a fellow skeptic (errr, skepchick, as it were) pointed me to this video:



...Despite the fact that you know what he's singing (well, mostly), having the text there convinces you he's saying something else.

Plus it's just damn funny. There are other wonderful examples of this on the web, including a few that aren't quite so safe for work. : ) Finding them is an exercise left to the listener. ; )