Irony Overload

[Anomalocaris]

There is undoubtedly effect. I will offer what I consider a reasonable guess on what the effect might be: i suspect the brain normally use a subconscious curbing mechanisms to incorporate the benefit of processed experience into the act of assessing the possibilities and options available in a situation. I would also guess the brain is wired to give the user a feeling of frustration every time one such curb close off a possibility. I think the brain has override mechanism to enable some newly acquired information that has not yet been subconsciously processed to break the existing curb before the information could be processed and incorporated into the curbing mechanism. This override mechanism may have evolved to allow the brain to rapidly take advantage of unanticipated opportunities. I will propose the brain is wired to give the user a feeling of satisfaction or elation when the override mechanism is invoked. I suspect prayer trips the override mechanism, enables the user to avoid the feeling of frustration imposed by collision with reality, and gives the user the feeling of elation associated with encounter (in this case false) with unanticipated opportunity.