Grizzly bears are scary. But what about zombie grizzly bears? What’s makes something horrifying rather than just frightening?  Paul has a theory. It turns out that humans have a psychological way of organizing the world that also creates the possibility of getting really creeped-out. It helps explain the horror of the zombie grizzly why the old Dracula was creepier than Twilight and how war propaganda can turn enemies into monsters.  References David Livingstone-Smith (philosopher where Paul’s getting his ideas about essentialism and dehumanization from) Credits  Paul Sagar Clayton Tapp (intro) David Zikovitz (outro) Sep (art) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=35146517&fan_landing=true)