While conducting his dissertation research, historian Bob Whitaker stumbled across a forgotten episode involving the Church of Scientology, Interpol, and rumors of collusion with the Nazis.
Wednesday May 15, 2013
Mother Machine: an ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the Eighteenth Century When the eighteenth century Scottish midwife William Smellie invented an automaton that gave birth he made a crucial mistake, Brandy Schillace explains. He made his “mechanical mother” too real, dooming it to the oblivion of forgotten medical instruments and uncanny machines. From Issue 1.2—Illusions—April 2013
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