• Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Competing early humans (neanderthals, etc.) would be my guess. I’ve also heard it makes us not want to go near corpses.

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      10 months ago

      Competition from other hominids and genetic disease.

      Or, more likely, just the Uncanny Valley not being that big of deal in general.

      It’s fun to meme about it but it’s not like people are running screaming from the theater because the CGI was off, it just doesn’t look right sometimes and our brain doesn’t like it because it doesn’t fit the patterns it’s had reinforced over a lifetime.