Why are many people freaked out by things that look nearly but are definitely not human? Also known as the uncanny valley.
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Most of the answers don’t explain why is this an unpleasant feeling…
Ok, the pattern recognition mechanism gets short-circuited by why does this lead to an unpleasant feeling?
My uneducated guess is that this is due to evolutionary advantage of being wary of nearly but not completely familiar stuff.
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