Episode 20: Mega Morphin Morgans - a podcast by Xan Peters and Joe Cimino

On today's tour, we head to the Uncanny County Museums Wax hall, filled with all types of famous and life-like uncanny figures. Our tour guides, Xan and Joe lead a discussion focusing on the origins of the uncanny valley and why we have it. They Consider a multitude of possibilities ranging from our ancestors encountering other types of hominid species in the past, or perhaps, that it's because our brains like to play tricks on us. All the while, they talk about anatomical Venuses, lawyer billboards, the Boston Dynamics robots, and real dolls...

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