No, it was the fact that my question was preceded by a suggestive passage.
In the split second when they became aware of the figure in the bell tower, passers-by must have had the primary agency-reflex: there's a conscious, sentient being in the tower.
Then when they perceived the flapping of the cloth, the eyes drawn on it, etcetera, they changed to a different suspicion of agency: somebody must have put it up there.
My question: why isn't t this switch operative in other settings, such as people being told of hugely complex conspiracies? Surely they should be able to switch to a different, 'higher' perception of agency instead of falling for the nonsense.
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