10.5 Analyzing Context

1. Interestingly, among popular culture, the uncanny valley is almost unanimously accepted.  It's only among experts and researchers in the field that there's any doubt.  So it's a handful of researchers vs. popular culture.
2. The uncanny valley seems very intuitive to most people.  Major contention could come from people who instinctively agree with the theory.  There could also be contention from people who would want a replacement theory to explain the behavior the uncanny valley explains.
3. There does appear to be some uncanny reaction from near-realistic humanoids.  Contention would stem from explaining that reaction, but not necessarily that the reaction exists.
4. Any ideological differences may stem from viewpoints towards robotics.  Pessimists may view robots negatively anyway, so an uncanny response may just reflect that.  It may just boil down to varying pessimism towards technology in general.
5. People against the valley simply ask for revision of how realism is approached during design of robotics and graphics.  People for the valley are just supporting the current view of robotics, but likely have no call to arms amongst themselves.
6. The perspectives of the research done will help my argument the most.  Most research done has contested the idea, with little research supporting it.
7. Common intuition and the simplicity of the uncanny valley are probably the hardest points to contest.  The valley seems self-explanatory and is hard to argue against.