I've started reading Permutation City and even though I basically philosophically agree with all of its claims about consciousness/personhood so far, it's still a bit spooky sometimes.

Prompted by this: What's the spookiest scientific experiment you know of?

My candidates: single-particle double slit, Michelson-Morely experiment failing to demonstrate luminiferous aether.

Deliberate induction of false memories also definitely counts as a spooky experiment.

creepy science 

Oh, here's a super creepy one: electrically disrupting someone's temporo-parietal junction causing them to perceive a "shadow person" behind them, mirroring their movements.
news.nationalgeographic.com/ne

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