[BNM] [OT] Shoot me now

[Barry Prendergast]

Bizarro post of the week!

On 04/09/06, Dave Phelan <dave.phelan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/4/06, David Andrew <david.andrew at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The artical about school dinners being <gush> full of
> > vegtables</gush>. The the staged glee in the childs eyes as the chomp
> > down all that goodness and give a thumbs up whilst looking dead behind
> > the eyes.
>
> Ah. The "uncanny valley". They can do a lot with animatronics and
> robotics these days, but the more human they look, the greater the
> sense of unease, as if something in the hindbrain recognises "other"
> and refuses to sanction it as human.
>
> I'm sure there' must be an interesting science fiction novel about
> first contact and aliens who look almost, but not quite sufficiently,
> human and the impact of the iota of difference. Anyone able to
> recommend one?
>
> Dave Ph
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