  > That uncanny valley is there for a reason: to protect us from inferring agency

You’re committing a much older but related sin here: assigning agency and motivation to evolutionary processes. The uncanny valley is the product of evolution and thus by definition it has no “purpose”

▲ TimTheTinker 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I reject the premise that the universe, the earth, and human existence is without purpose. It's one premise among several, and not one I subscribe to.

At least 80% of people agree with me, so I'm not holding to a fringe idea.

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jplusequalt 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>At least 80% of people agree with me, so I'm not holding to a fringe idea.

Appeal to majority much?

	▲	moate an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It's also a real weak confederation he's forming. The "we the theists (or I guess non-nihilists?) all agree that..." falls apart once you start finishing the thought because they don't agree on much outside of negative partisanship towards certain outgroups before splintering back into fighting about dogma. Buddhists and Baptists both think life has meaning, and that's a statement with low utility.

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semiquaver 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I didn’t say any such thing like the universe has no purpose. Merely that in a scientific sense evolution has no motivation. It is an emergent phenomenon which tends to maximize fitness to reproduce and cannot be said to do anything for a reason. Saying otherwise is just anti-science.

▲ skirmish 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> is the product of evolution and thus by definition it has no “purpose”

But as most things that appeared in evolution, it perhaps helped at least some individuals until sexual maturity and successful procreation.

	▲	semiquaver 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Agreed. Thats far off from what parent said, which is what the “purpose” of the uncanny valley is.