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FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The simple explanation I’ve heard is that the uncanny valley protects us from diseases etc. by making us stay away from very sick or dead people. A bloated corpse is still human, so you need some part of your head to say “stay away from that thing”.

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