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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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The uncanny valley could mean humans at one point needed to tell between humans and non humans to survive (lemmy.ml)
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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 months ago

My favorite theory is that it's about corpses. You know what looks similar to a person but isn't one? A dead person. People who don't like being around human corpses tend to live longer because you know, something killed that guy and it might kill you too