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Fluke@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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?

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lauha@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Boring answer is that dead people carry diseases so it is evolutionarily beneficial to stay away from them.

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thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
is corpses and the diseased. something that looks almost human but not quite is likely going to get you sick.

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JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
There was a time when Sapiens and Neanderthals co-existed…

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- Fluke@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
  
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- samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  And we mated with them, so apparently we weren’t too afraid.
  
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  - JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Not necessarily, it’s common to “mate” as part of war and conquest. Usually there’s a more descriptive word for it, though.
    
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    samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Yeah, but traditionally you don’t fuck people that give you Uncanny Valley vibes.
    
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- ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yes, it’s called the present, and the Neanderthals have control of the White House.
  
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  - samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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