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briandmyers  ·  3983 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why do we feel so much for machines?

It is human nature to anthropomorphise. We do it always. I suspect it arises from our ability to do mental modeling - we create, and identify with, mental models of other humans, in order to read their minds, to know what they are thinking and feeling. We just don't know how to turn it off.