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The show responds with moral outrage to any evidence that might cast doubt on ESP, or indeed on spelling itself, as if disbelief could only ever be a form of ableism.
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2025
Sit up straight with your back straight and slowly stretch your chin forward, as if imitating a turtle extending its neck.
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—Nathalie Alonso, AFAR Media, 3 Mar. 2025
My hands weren’t even cold, as if my body itself was adapting.
—Kate Siber, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
With its cast of odd, unnerving animals, madcap puzzles and childhood toys, the finished version of Animal Well maps the eerie feel of Basso’s subconscious onto the computer screen, as if players are entering his very own mind palace.
—Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2025
Sit up straight with your back straight and slowly stretch your chin forward, as if imitating a turtle extending its neck.
2.
—Nathalie Alonso, AFAR Media, 3 Mar. 2025
My hands weren’t even cold, as if my body itself was adapting.
—Kate Siber, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
With its cast of odd, unnerving animals, madcap puzzles and childhood toys, the finished version of Animal Well maps the eerie feel of Basso’s subconscious onto the computer screen, as if players are entering his very own mind palace.
—Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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“As if.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20if. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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