enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Uncanny valley - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

    The uncanny valley effect is a heterogeneous group of phenomena. Phenomena considered as exhibiting the uncanny valley effect can be diverse, involve different sense modalities, and have multiple, possibly overlapping causes. People's cultural heritage may have a considerable influence on how androids are perceived with respect to the uncanny ...

  3. Uncanny - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny

    The uncanny valley is the region of negative emotional response towards robots that seem "almost human". Movement amplifies the emotional response. This concept is closely related to Julia Kristeva 's concept of abjection , where one reacts adversely to something forcefully cast out of the symbolic order .

  4. List of Extra Credits episodes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Extra_Credits_episodes

    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... "Video Games and the Uncanny Valley" [4] ... The team gets into a little bit of video game theory, discussing the creative ...

  5. Ernst Jentsch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Jentsch

    Jentsch in 1908. Ernst Anton Jentsch (1867-1919) was a German psychiatrist.He authored works on psychology and pathology and is best known for his essay On the Psychology of the Uncanny (1906). [1]

  6. Frankenstein complex - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_complex

    The "Frankenstein complex" is similar in many respects to Masahiro Mori's uncanny valley hypothesis. The name, "Frankenstein complex", is derived from the name of Victor Frankenstein in the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. In Shelley's story, Frankenstein created an intelligent, somewhat superhuman being, but ...

  7. Universal Darwinism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Darwinism

    Universal Darwinism, also known as generalized Darwinism, universal selection theory, [1] or Darwinian metaphysics, [2] [3] [4] is a variety of approaches that extend the theory of Darwinism beyond its original domain of biological evolution on Earth.

  8. Uncanny Valley (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley...

    Uncanny valley is a hypothesis that human replicas that appear almost, but not exactly, like real human beings elicit feelings of eeriness and revulsion among some observers. Uncanny valley may also refer to:

  9. Phillip E. Johnson - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_E._Johnson

    Johnson is one of the authors of the Discovery Institute's Wedge Document and its "Teach the Controversy" campaign, which attempts to cast doubt on the validity of the theory of evolution, its acceptance within the scientific community, and reduce its role in public school science curricula while promoting intelligent design. The "Teach the ...