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I used to have a similar theory but personification of animals has been a part of human storytelling since the beginning of time. I'm just unsure if modern CGI
by tbrake 12y ago
I used to have a similar theory but personification of animals has been a part of human storytelling since the beginning of time.
I'm just unsure if modern CGI is any more compelling in forming lasting notions of animism than, say, Bambi was.
- mikeash 12y agoSeems like a reversal of cause and effect. We don't see human traits in animals because our stories have them, our stories have them because we often see human traits in animals.
- Varcht 12y agoEven with all the down votes I wouldn't write it off. These generations spent huge amounts of time watching real looking animals behave as humans while their brains were still developing.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoBy the way, I think that you and Varcht may be misusing the term 'animism' here. Belief systems like Shinto are animist, where you think things like rivers and trees and rocks and the different winds are conscious and have souls.
- notahacker 12y agoIndeed at the beginning of the 20th century animals with human characteristics were attracting so much literary criticism even Theodore Roosevelt felt tempted to join the debate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_fakers_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_fakers_controversy