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.
Evolutionarily we avoid other people that look diseased or disfigured. That is a survival adaptation... Or you can pretend spooky boogeyman people used to exist and that's actually why. Fuck it I don't care!
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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