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Tripping Through Uncanny Valley

This week the Junkies look at the Uncanny Valley phenomenon, that eerie feeling we all get when we see something that is nearly but not quite human. Who discovered it? What’s the science behind it? And what did our collective ancestors experience that led us to be so afraid of anything pretending to be human? (Hint: it’s not NOT aliens.)

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