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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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Boring answer is that dead people carry diseases so it is evolutionarily beneficial to stay away from them.
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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.
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There was a time when Sapiens and Neanderthals co-existed...
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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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And we mated with them, so apparently we weren't too afraid.
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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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Yeah, but traditionally you don't fuck people that give you Uncanny Valley vibes.
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Don't kink shame.
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And yet we have plenty of humans who are jorkin it to poorly made, uncanny AI porn. So... I don't know anymore.
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Yes, it's called the present, and the Neanderthals have control of the White House.
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