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Old 04-09-2010, 12:22 PM   #24
kad032000
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Originally Posted by dsvick View Post
Why is it that we readily accept the clearly impossible/unlikely/fantastic while immediately calling out the faults as soon as they touch on reality?
Reminds me of the uncanny valley.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

We are comfortable with fantastic things until they cross to close to the reality we are used to and then our "something is not right here" alarm goes off.

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