The “Monster” Under the Bed: How a Dusty Pistachio Shell Showed Me Fear, Laughter, and the Way the Human Brain Builds a Story
Once someone said, “I think it’s alive,” the entire atmosphere changed. That sentence gave our brains a story. Every detail seemed to support it. The curved shape looked like a body. The dark tip looked like a head. The marks looked like veins or injuries. The wet surface looked like mucus. None of those interpretations…