{"id":246,"date":"2019-12-12T21:20:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T21:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-english102\/?post_type=chapter&p=246"},"modified":"2019-12-13T16:55:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:55:27","slug":"near-humans-freak-out-humans","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-english102\/chapter\/near-humans-freak-out-humans\/","title":{"raw":"Near-Humans Freak Out Humans","rendered":"Near-Humans Freak Out Humans"},"content":{"raw":"
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\r\n\r\nIf you're a gamer, you have likely heard of the uncanny valley. (Heck, it's even the name of a game.)\r\n\r\nIt's that near-humanness that can innately bother us.\u00a0 I think it's fascinating.\r\n\r\nHere's a quick video on this.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CNdAIPoh8a4\r\n\r\nFor more, check out Blade Runner<\/em> in its entirety, or at least this little clip or some that follow:\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Umc9ezAyJv0\r\n\r\nIf we're in the mode of defining human, we can see the works of science fiction in a new light, since they are often about this, or about how technology affirms or denies our humanity.\r\n\r\nAnd now you understand why I can never watch more than fifteen seconds of the PBS show Sid the Science Kid<\/em>. . . !\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/form><\/div>","rendered":"
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If you’re a gamer, you have likely heard of the uncanny valley. (Heck, it’s even the name of a game.)<\/p>\n

It’s that near-humanness that can innately bother us.\u00a0 I think it’s fascinating.<\/p>\n

Here’s a quick video on this.<\/p>\n