THE uncanny resemblance between Cormac McCarthy's recent novel, “The Road”, and Jim Crace's new book, “The Pesthouse”, does not mean Mr Crace is an imitator.
Specifically, the plan is to create a robot that can emulate a cat's uncanny ability to calculate the best landing angle, adjust its body midflight and land on its feet.
They may be prone to anxious thoughts or melancholy, but they also have the ability to connect deeply with others, to enjoy a rich interior life, and experience an almost uncanny level of empathy.
Sadie Sink has an uncanny ability to focus rage in a way that I've never seen in any other actors before. I had a front-row seat to watch this kid just come of age right there. - Yes. Right.
After his death, the Tate gallery set up Rothko's works to exact specifications by the artist, in a room of their own — a room that to this day has an uncanny silence.
This effect, called " the uncanny valley" because of the dip in acceptance between clearly inhuman and clearly human forms, is well known, particularly to animators, but why it happens is a mystery.
He had astonishing powers of observation, an extraordinary talent for making connections between different areas of knowledge, a readiness to challenge contemporary beliefs and an uncanny ability to anticipate future discoveries.