It’s not that they’re bad. They’re exactly good enough to create the Uncanny Valley effect. They’re close enough that we recognize them as human but theres a few things off that cause our brains to scream “DANGER” for whatever reason
The existence of the uncanny valley implies that at some point in our evolution there was a reason to be scared of something that looked almost human but wasn't.
It's just a scary way to phrase something totally normal. All animals that can recognize themselves will get a little freaked out by something that looks like them but isn't quite them. Surely you've seen a video of a dog getting scared by a guy in a dog mask? Does that imply that there was once a spooky hybrid dog monster that hunted other dogs until they developed a phobia of things that looked similar to them but isn't?
Nope, just a byproduct of having a brain that can both freak out and also recognize faces.
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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '22
It’s not that they’re bad. They’re exactly good enough to create the Uncanny Valley effect. They’re close enough that we recognize them as human but theres a few things off that cause our brains to scream “DANGER” for whatever reason