Uncanny Valley

The uncanny valley is a hypothesis in the field of robotics[1] and 3D computer animation,[2][3] which holds that when human replicas look and act almost, but not perfectly, like actual human beings, it causes a response of revulsion among human observers. The "valley" in question is a dip in a proposed graph of the positivity of human reaction as a function of a Robot's human likeness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

My solution: 2009-06-01-UncannyValleyViaMego

Mitt Romney problem: How a candidate of Romney's pedigree could cut such an unsympathetic figure has become a minor obsession in the media. Explanations range from his association with the corporate one percent to his willingness to contradict himself on key issues. All these are true, but the underlying dynamic governing our reaction to his controversial affiliations and positions is a completely natural psychological response to competing stimuli -- one that's best summed up with a technological metaphor.

Maybe doesn't actually exist? http://boingboing.net/2013/09/03/the-uncanny-valley-might-not-a.html


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