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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Here's one for you;

"Uncanny Valley." Why do we have a lizard brain level instinct to be wary of/uncomfortable around things that look almost human?

At what point in our evolutionary history was being afraid of something that looks nearly human, but not quite, a useful survival trait?

Were we preyed upon by something that looks almost human for long enough to evolve an instinctive warning?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

Boring answer is that dead people carry diseases so it is evolutionarily beneficial to stay away from them.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

is corpses and the diseased. something that looks almost human but not quite is likely going to get you sick.

there's a reason why waxy skin that doesn't quite sit on the body correctly sets it off so hard.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

There was a time when Sapiens and Neanderthals co-existed...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe.

Never had that reflex triggered in me when presented with renders of what we think neanderthal looked like though.

Sample size of one means nothing though, so, yeah, maybe.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And we mated with them, so apparently we weren't too afraid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not necessarily, it's common to "mate" as part of war and conquest. Usually there's a more descriptive word for it, though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, but traditionally you don't fuck people that give you Uncanny Valley vibes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Don't kink shame.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

And yet we have plenty of humans who are jorkin it to poorly made, uncanny AI porn. So... I don't know anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, it's called the present, and the Neanderthals have control of the White House.