Cognitohazard

A cognitohazard is a term that refers to creatures, items, and objects whose anomalous effects trigger when perceived by any of the five senses. Infohazards are occasionally mistaken for cognitohazards, though infohazards regard danger from knowledge of an anomaly, while knowing about a particular cognitohazard has no determinable effect.
==History==
==Properties==
===Hermeneutic===
Hermeneutics are a type of cognitohazard regarding the recontextualization of baseline reality through the reinterpretation of a concept.
===Memetics===
See Memetics.
Memetics are a type of infohazard or cognitohazard that can be transmitted from one person to another.
==Measurement==
==Anomalies==
*SCP-002 - Uses a lure to have prey perceive 002 as their home, allowing 002 to convert prey into furniture.
*SCP-012 - When within vicinity of SCP-012, subject is compelled to continue writing 012 until their death or tranquilization.
*SCP-035 - Produces an effect of temptation.
*SCP-096 - Upon seeing SCP-096's face, 096 begins pursuit and consumption of witness.
*SCP-140 - Causes negative feelings in readers, such as unease or paranoia.
*SCP-3125
*SCP-3791 - A draft letter within SCP-3791 is classified as a Level 5 Cognitohazard.
*Unidentified Class VIII entity - Draws pyroclastic cognitohazardous glyphs; perception by humans cause a fiery explosion within the affected human.
==Meta==
===Appearances===
*Entry Page: 400 - 29 Jul 2013
*Excerpts from PHYSICS Division Threat Entity Database - 10 Jan 2014
*An FAQ Part Two; Or, Your Hume Questions Answered - 23 Aug 2014
*We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five - 30 Jan 2015
*Entry Page: 1730 - 13 Apr 2015
*Entry Page: 2747 - 30 Aug 2016
*Entry Page: 3791 - 21 Jun 2017
*An Anthropological Approach to Sarkicism - Case Study 02: The Divoši of Prague - 27 Nov 2018
*Entry Page: 4246 - 13 May 2019
*Entry Page: 5267 - 15 Jan 2021
*On Guard 43 Hub - 11 Mar 2021
*Entry Page: 6795 - 22 Feb 2022
*Entry Page: 6500 - 25 May 2022
*Entry Page: 7994 - 31 Jul 2022
*Public Release of OPERATION: WITNESS Materials - 13 Nov 2022
*Entry Page: 001 - ROUNDERHOUSE's Jade Proposal - 12 Jan 2023
*Excerpts from PHYSICS Division Strike Team Database - 14 May 2023
*Entry Page: 7640 - 21 Aug 2023
*Entry Page: 8888 - 15 Feb 2024
*Entry Page: 8447 - 28 Aug 2024
==References==
Category:Phenomena