The Uncanny

Sigmund Freud descibes "uncanny" as somrthing that is familiar but different. This kind of feeling causes something called "cognitive dissonance" where you have two paradoxical feeling about a oject, idea, or a person. A very interesting subject. A good example of "uncanny" would be if my dad, who has facial hair (mustache and trimmed beard) suddenly shaved everything, his mustache included, it would be a very strange feeling for me because I have NEVER seen my dad without a mustache, exect in pictures when he was in high school, and I haven't seen him without a half-beard in over ten years. If I were to see now, without any facial hair, he would look a very different person, even though I've known him all my life. It would be a very uncanny experience.