Serpopsychology (WHAT’S CREEPY?) with Frank McAndrew
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Hello. Hi, it's the old to-do list you found tucked in a book haunting and taunting you like a creep. Let's talk creepiness. Is this a study? This is a study?
Sure it is. Did it have a name? No, it didn't. It's too niche. So listen, we very, very rarely hear etologies have to coin anology.
Usually there's something in the literature, but in this case I had to do it and it took me a while and then I figured it out. So serpo means to creep in Latin. Like a serpent? And this expert kind of blazed a shadowy overgrown trail to study what makes something creepy. Why are some dolls creepy?
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