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That Is Not Going To Be Popular

Mon Nov 02 11:28:05 GMT 2009 by stoffer

According to research, artificial objects which look too much like us creeps us out. Other primates react in similar way.

This is is the reason why Pixar in their productions always uses cartoon-like characters, instead of hyper-real looking ones.

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