标题： 感知的预测处理框架可以解释近期美国无人机目击事件 显示英文标题

标题： Predictive processing frameworks for perception can explain recent drone sightings in the United States

摘要： 我们借鉴感知预测处理理论来解释为什么健康、聪明、诚实且心理正常的个体可能会轻易地将天空中的光误认为是威胁性或非凡的物体，尤其是在西方、受过教育、工业发达、富裕和民主的社会背景下。 我们认为，天空和天体现象的独特稀疏特性使得观察者难以更新先前的信念，这些信念可以很容易地与观察到的光线相吻合。 此外，我们假设人类可能已经进化到将天空及其所感知的内容视为具有深刻意义的事物。 最后，我们简要讨论了对科学机构普遍不信任的潜在作用，并最终论证了天文学教育对于培养具有支持真实感知的先验信念的社会的重要性。 显示英文摘要

摘要： We draw on the predictive processing theory of perception to explain why healthy, intelligent, honest, and psychologically normal people might easily misperceive lights in the sky as threatening or extraordinary objects, especially in the context of WEIRD (western, educated, industrial, rich, and democratic) societies. We argue that the uniquely sparse properties of skyborne and celestial stimuli make it difficult for an observer to update prior beliefs, which can be easily fit to observed lights. Moreover, we hypothesize that humans have likely evolved to perceive the sky and its perceived contents as deeply meaningful. Finally, we briefly discuss the possible role of generalized distrust in scientific institutions and ultimately argue for the importance of astronomy education for producing a society with prior beliefs that support veridical perception.