10 Scientific Reasons Your Brain Is A Ghost-Making Machine

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:35:00 +0000

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Why do we see ghosts? What if the most terrifying hauntings, shadow people, and spectral figures aren't an invasion from another world... but a complex, predictable glitch in our own hardware?

This is not another ghost-hunting video. This is a scientific journey into the neuroscience of the supernatural. The human brain is an evolutionary marvel, but it's also paranoid, suggestible, and hardwired for survival. These ancient features, running on outdated software, make it the perfect machine for creating ghosts.

Join Odd Why's as we explore 10 ways your own mind is a "ghost-making machine." We're unpacking the "God Helmet" that can make you feel a divine presence, the "fear frequency" that creates apparitions, and the stunning biological reasons you might see a shadow person during sleep paralysis. This is the science of why we are all, inherently, haunted.