Stepping on Air

You are running towards a treacherous pit in a video game. You press the jump button a fraction of a second too late, your character's feet clearly running off the edge into empty space. Yet, magically, you still jump. You survive. This isn't a glitch; it is a meticulously engineered psychological safety net known among developers as "e;Coyote Time."e;Named after the cartoon coyote who briefly flo...