What is Uncanny?
'''The Uncanny''' is something which is scary because of how normal it seems. == History == The German philosopher [[Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling]] talked about the Uncanny. [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] also wrote about The Uncanny. He said [[Nihilism]] was uncanny. [[Ernst Jentch]] wrote that the Uncanny was a feeling that you weren’t sure what was real. Jentch said [[The Sandman (short story)|The Sandman]] was the best example of this because Olympia is an [[Robot|automaton]] but for most of the story people think she’s human. == Freud == [[Sigmund Freud]] said The Uncanny is what everyone wants to be a secret but ends up becoming known and reminds people of their [[Id, ego, and super-ego|Id]]. Freud said that [[The Sandman (short story)|The Sandman]] was the best example of this. He also said that a lot of [[Mental illness|mental disorders]] were because of someone feeling something uncanny. [[Jacques Lacan]] had a similar idea about the Uncanny, though it was based on Freud. == The Uncanny Valley == [[Masahiro Mori]] came up with the idea of [[The Uncanny Valley]] based on Freud’s idea. {{Stub}} [[Category:Psychology]]