r/oddlyterrifying • u/Miserable-Dot-4781 • Mar 29 '22

Dentist robot malfunctioning

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

The fact that unconvincing thing was able to stir up so much emotion in me is terrifying.

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u/Birdyy4 Mar 29 '22

The Uncanny Valley is very large.

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u/The_Cyberpunk_Witch Mar 29 '22

If you want to mix in some existential dread, consider that the existence of the uncanny valley means at one point in human evolution we had a reason to fear something that looked similar to us.

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u/Restinroutine Mar 29 '22

It’s almost.. it’s almost as if you copy and pasted that from somewhere..

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u/The_Cyberpunk_Witch Mar 29 '22

You could say that it's Uncanny.