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When extreme isolation leads to anthropomorphizing objects

Two months into winter-over at the South Pole and I've started talking to the equipment like it's people, having full conversations with the generator.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The social self will create companions from anything when genuine connection is absent.

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“Where Are You with Extreme environments — poles high altitude deep ocean?”

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