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@EllieStephens5 @annawiener @burnbookio en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley The concept in robotics/cognitive sci comes from the Freudian concept of the unheimlich, which draws on a uniquely German etymological pun: heimlich (secret) and unheimlich (unsettling) share the morpheme "heim" (home). 🤯