I’m starting to believe this obsession with zombie, rogue AI, alien, and environmental armageddons is the result of an overly comfortable world with a desperate craving for a new enemy to face so we can finally stop fighting ourselves.
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I've been thinking about the uncanny valley affect a lot lately. I'd love to know if you think it was a means to keep from exogamy early in our evolution.
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It’s possible, would seem to explain the effect as a survival mechanism. The best hypotheses I’ve seen covered avoidance of leprosy, corpses, and other hominid species. That might explain why zombies, clowns, and talking monkeys genuinely disturb some people to furious levels.
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