NPR’s Hidden Brain has aired an hourlong show that is mostly about imaginary friends. It is an interesting episode, and one that contains what I think is an interesting error.
Host Shankar Vedantam, a former Washington Post reporter, takes listeners through a series of encounters with voices in people’s heads, beginning with a dyslexic woman who spent much of her childhood hearing the voice of Cher in her head, encouraging her not to think of herself as stupid or limited. Another story is that of an atheist anthropologist who has a supernatural experience after a series of encounters with occultist Gareth Knight. The program then moves on to God.
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