Hey /x/, why is "uncanny valley" so creepy ? I mean

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Pure terror? No. Unease from not being able to tell if pic related was human or not, or a threat or not? Yeah, probably. Ambiguity is what feeds the uncanny valley. Same reason why some people have mannequin phobias, or why some of the best horror movie villains have masks or a human face with some type of deformity

i think uncanny valley is more about avoiding sick people. those who had human faces but had visible symptoms popping off their face. the ones who didnt have the uncanny valley instinct died out of sympathy for the diseased, those who did survived.

sickness, pretend facial expressions, people pretending to be other people by wearing their faces, there are plenty explanations for uncanny valley.

>>18825749
Maybe pure terror is a bit too much but then where would you say this instinct of us comes from ? Imagining that a caveman would actually fear from ambiguity seems a bit far fetched to me. Especially given the fact that psychologists nowadays tend to dissociate "fear" associated with immediate threats (lion/bear etc..) which induces running, while on the other hand "terror" (uncanny valley, hallucinations, being surrounded by a group etc..) which can lead to complete paralysis and urinal leaks. So how do you explain then that the type of fear linked to uncanny valley seems to be potentially "stronger" in a way than immediate threats.

i think anything remotely other wordly immediately scares the shit out of our brains because we automatically have ideas of what life looks like from our caveman times and when life comes at a shape your brain has no pattern for, it completely freaks out.

>>18825780
Why do you doubt a caveman experiencing fear from ambiguity? Their instincts were undoubtedly stronger than our own because they literally had to act or die. There's a reason why we associate superstition with primitivism; when we lack information we fear, and in order to combat that uncertainty the human mind attempts to fill in the blanks

>>18825733
Freud... One of my favorite pedo!

>>18825733
Think of it this way, Anon. Pale skin could mean disease or a lack of blood. Limbs bent the wrong way (or a guy's head rotating more than it should be able to) could mean injury. It's real enough to look human to your brain, and real enough that your brain finds things wrong with it and thinks "oh shit, this human is fucked up. Maybe whatever fucked it up is still around here." or "jesus fucking christ, this guy are sick. I should maybe not breath anywhere near him or I might die."