Re:Uncanny Valley
by anonytrary on Monday November 18, 2019 @10:17PM
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> I think somehow our body is pre-wired for some smells.
This is a result of millions of years of biological evolution. Bodies that were "less" wired for certain smells were likely at some sort of disadvantage. After a lot of generational churning, the average body appears to be "prewired" for the most important smells.
> In the same way our body knows "dead person" is a very terrible smell, even if we have never encountered it in our life.
This is a result of millions of years of biological evolution. Bodies that were "less" wired for certain smells were likely at some sort of disadvantage. After a lot of generational churning, the average body appears to be "prewired" for the most important smells.
> In the same way our body knows "dead person" is a very terrible smell, even if we have never encountered it in our life.
Again, Darwinian evolution can explain this.