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The fault lies in our brain, not in boogeymen, that we feel creepy
At least, according to the accidental discovery that stimulating a part of the brain called the left temporoparietal junction caused a young woman to believe a strange, shadowy young man was standing just behind her…when there was really no one there at all.
Or was there? says the science-fiction/fantasy writer part of my brain, which, when stimulated, causes me to dream up strange stories, like one about a woman who undergoes just such a procedure…but the shadowy figure she sees and no one else sees turns out not to be a product of her brain at all, but an alien life form/ghost/time traveller/interdimensional pilgrim/what have you…something that is real…and dangerous…
Hmmm…
Permanent link to this article: https://edwardwillett.com/2006/09/the-fault-lies-in-our-brain-not-in-boogeymen-that-we-feel-creepy/
1 comments
How very Cassandra-like a story – I like it!