"Uncanny Valley": VERY roughly - the more human a figure (robot) becomes, the more positively humans will respond to it, until it reaches an "uncanny" state of being almost but not quite human and people's response drops sharply (the valley in the response curve). After that as it becomes even more human people's responses begin to become more positive again.

Which explains why I'd rather date Vicky than Paris Hilton. OK, Vicky with the NGM pack and one of those - ahem, add on thingies they sell at 'Rorica.  

Interesting hypothesis patorak. Do you think it applies to 3D as well as robots? And if so, does that mean that Daz is due for a really bad slump somewhere between V5 and V99?

Oops, props to the horned one for the original uncanny reference.

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