stackyFACTSYour sense of physical self is absurdly fragile. By simultaneously stroking a hidden real hand and a visible fake rubber hand, your mind will violently adopt the fake hand as its own. If someone suddenly smashes the rubber hand with a hammer, you will physically flinch in absolute terror.
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