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Why we anthropomorphise things
As babies, we give human-like qualities to toys and other objects. Even as adults, we attribute other everyday things with agency - with a mind, motivation and emotions that is. Such inanimate objects like our cars and computers, but also the weather and pets, we see as having similar qualities to ours. But why?
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