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Why is Mickey Mouse so damned cute, but man with twitchy little mouse whiskers and off-kilter round ears is horrific to consider? Why is a robotic hand interesting, but a crawling human hand terrifying?<\/p>\n

A Japanese roboticist has developed a thesis he calls, poetically, the Uncanny Valley<\/a>, charting human reactions to things that look (move, act) human, and how people react to them. Based on his research, as you get toward resembling human, there’s a peak or attraction right around where people think of anthropomorphic animals, but then, as more human attributes are added, people become more disturbed, disquiet, then repelled, until there’s a deep trough of dislike — followed by a sharp incline upward as the subjects become fully human in appearance.<\/p>\n

So Mickey Mouse, or Stuart Little, are cute, but a man with a few mouse\/ratlike characteristics would be a subject of loathing.<\/p>\n

(via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why is Mickey Mouse so damned cute, but man with twitchy little mouse whiskers and off-kilter round ears is horrific to consider? 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