The Tipping Point of Humanness 272
sciencehabit writes "Robert Zemeckis, take note. Using videos that morph the face of a baby or man into a doll, researchers have figured out at what point we stop considering a face human — and start considering it artificial. The ability, the researchers say, is key to our survival, enabling us to quickly determine whether the eyes we're looking at have a mind behind them. It may also explain why so many people hated The Polar Express."
Yo mamma's so fat (Score:3, Funny)
Yo mamma's so fat, the recursive function calculating her mass density had a stack overflow.
The Polar Express was a Cartoon (Score:5, Funny)
No reason to hate the puppets. But this does give some indication as to why Nancy Pelosi makes so many people uneasy...
Re:LOTR (Score:5, Funny)
Any single frame looks just like Jeff Bridges sure, but when it's all put together the effect is still a little stiff.
I've noticed a similar issue when watching Nicholas Cage and Keanu Reeves movies.
Re:LOTR (Score:5, Funny)
Whoa!
Key to survival (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, I guess it'd be pretty important if the zombie uprising ever happens, or the world is taken over by sentient dolls.