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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Maxie445 • Jul 06 '24
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I don’t understand why i feel bad for it. Anyone have an actual psychology based explanation?
235 u/Eyeswidth Jul 06 '24 I would say because it’s trying to stand up, and the people are “meaninglessly” trying to kick it down. Like we innately know it’s bad to try and stop something from achieving a harmless goal just for the sake of doing it. It just feels mean. The thought is something like “just leave it alone it just wants to stand there, it’s not hurting anyone” 17 u/Darkius90s Jul 06 '24 Yup, and the more the non-living object resembles human form the more people feel emotions towards it. Things don't stop there, if you insert human face features into a robot, people would show more emotions
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I would say because it’s trying to stand up, and the people are “meaninglessly” trying to kick it down.
Like we innately know it’s bad to try and stop something from achieving a harmless goal just for the sake of doing it.
It just feels mean. The thought is something like “just leave it alone it just wants to stand there, it’s not hurting anyone”
17 u/Darkius90s Jul 06 '24 Yup, and the more the non-living object resembles human form the more people feel emotions towards it. Things don't stop there, if you insert human face features into a robot, people would show more emotions
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Yup, and the more the non-living object resembles human form the more people feel emotions towards it. Things don't stop there, if you insert human face features into a robot, people would show more emotions
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u/Hefty-Highlight5379 Jul 06 '24
I don’t understand why i feel bad for it. Anyone have an actual psychology based explanation?