Uncanny valley

most key figures in the smartphone industry. Steve Jobs, a college dropout and avid drug user (Steve Job-Biography) was the brains behind what would later become one of the highest grossing and most innovative companies in the world. Jobs had the uncanny knack for knowing what people wanted long before they actually knew they did and how to humanize the impersonal world of computer technology (Sorensen) which set him high above other smartphone inventors and innovators. Along with his efforts to…

his eyes are blinded by sin when he first comes. "'There is an eldil coming to us over water.' Ransom could see nothing--or nothing that he could distinguish from imagination and the dance of sunlight on the lake...What happened next was the most uncanny experience Ransom had yet had on Malacandra. He…

Ever since the beginning of mankind, humans have pondered the purpose of their existence. Throughout history, a variety of philosophers, as well as authors, have asserted what they think to be the meaning of life. Philippe Petit’s To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk Between the Twin Towers, Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin, and Wes Moore’s The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates all offer a unique outlook on the age old question of human existence. The authors of these books assert…

Animals are a vital part of our society, we keep them as pets, as service animals, Illicit-substance detection dogs, police K-9’s, and perhaps most disputedly; farm animals. The question of whether or not animals have rights is an issue that has been heavily debated recently but has been considered for a long time. The issue seems gain popularity at every turn. In taking a closer look at the issue of whether or not animals have rights, we will be able to answer the question of whether or not it…

In this essay, I Intend to argue that Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland focuses on Alices progression through childhood into adolescence while The Phantom Tollbooth demonstrates the progression of Milo redeveloping his childlike sense of thinking. Alices progression from childhood into adolescence begins by demonstrating her small attention span by daydreaming . This is shown when her older sister reads to her a novel. The reader can conclude that Alice has fallen asleep and has begun dreaming…

I don’t hate my trauma counselor. In fact, I like her a lot. I just hate the fact that I have to see her. Her name is Dr. Margolis. She’s older than my mother, though probably not by too much-- if I had to guess I’d say she’s in her mid-fifties. She keeps telling me that I can call her Joan (I guess she’s trying to prove that she’s young and hip or something), but I can’t bring myself to. Of course she’s older than Celeste Tanner was, but they have the same coloring: deep silvery-blue eyes and…

wake up from a bad dream, but soon feel the sudden relief of reality? When I woke up the next morning, it was the exact opposite of that feeling. I recall having a vivid dream that Riley was still with us on the trail. The three of us played out an uncanny reenactment of Without a Paddle as we came across our first bear encounter. In the dream, we all came out unscathed, prancing to feel-good music and hindered by nothing but a good story between the three of us. Then I woke up, and reality hit.…

The October 30, 1944 cover of TIME magazine depicts a photograph of a stern faced man against a background that includes a closed fist punching an image of Emperor Hirohito of Japan; the caption reads “I Shall Return.” The man is General Douglas MacArthur, who embodies the pure, rugged masculinity that America holds in such high esteem. He’s often quoted for saying, “Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.” The United States has elevated that value of…

Neither Dale Carnegie nor the publishers, Simon and Schuster, anticipated more than this modest sale. To their amazement, the book became an overnight sensation, and edition after edition rolled off the presses to keep up with the increasing public demand. Now to Win Friends and InfEuence People took its place in publishing history as one of the all-time international best-sellers. It touched a nerve and filled a human need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of post-Depression days, as…