Med Educ October 2020 PMID 32314435

Into the uncanny valley: Simulation versus simulacrum?

Jennifer Laura Johnston, Grainne P Kearney, Gerard J Gormley, Helen Reid

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41
Peak: 17 in Sep 2020
across 2 sources since Apr 2020

Extended reach

139,133
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Total likes

564

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7,484

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Apr 2020 – Jun 2023

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What people are saying

Several discussions emphasize the philosophical depth of the article, such as references to Baudrillard's 'Simulacres et Simulation' and questions about authenticity and reality, demonstrating active engagement with complex concepts. The tone varies from reflective and analytical to playful, which fosters a curiosity-driven environment, but the overall tone indicates an exploratory rather than definitive influence.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most posts acknowledge the relevance of Baudrillard’s work and the publication, with some explicitly agreeing with the connection between simulation and the uncanny valley, indicating moderate to strong support.

InterestHigh interest

Multiple discussions mention the philosophical concepts and recent relevance, showing high curiosity about the topic and its implications.

EngagementHigh engagement

Posts involve various levels of participation—some share references to the article, others speculate about the nature of simulation and simulacrum, and some connect it to broader discussions in healthcare simulation and digital culture, reflecting deep en

ImpactModerate impact

While some posts highlight the importance of the topic in academic and practical contexts, the overall perceived impact remains moderate, as conversations tend to be exploratory rather than decisively transformative.

Abstract in brief

  • The text explores the concept of the "uncanny valley," where increasingly realistic virtual humans or objects evoke feelings of eeriness or discomfort.
  • It contrasts simulation (replicating reality closely) with simulacrum (a copy that has lost its connection to reality) to analyze how virtual representations are perceived.
  • The discussion highlights psychological and philosophical questions about authenticity, perception, and the boundaries between real and artificial.]

Top posts

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Gerry Gormley
@DrGerryG · X

Oh the irony....I’m presenting on behalf of the team’s work. @drjennyjohnston @DrHelenReid @drgkearney on our simulacrum paper https://t.co/oYJCeVwOx9 and it’s a virtual avatar based conference #hyperreal @purdy_eve @SocraticEM ....of course this avatar is close to the original! https://t.co/OYvQkFylYo

Sep 3, 2020 · 64 likes · 5 shares · 2,753 followers View post →
AMEE Online
@AMEE_Online · X

#AMEE2020 Virtual Conference Awards & Prizes! Congratulations to winners of The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulation: Johnston JL, Kearney GP, Gormley GJ, Reid H. Into the uncanny valley: simulation versus simulacrum? Medical Education. 2020 Apr 20. #MedEd #ComingToAMEE https://t.co/wcrb3Zbboa

Sep 9, 2020 · 26 likes · 6 shares · 11,891 followers View post →
CAMES_Research
@CamesResearch · X

CAMES congratulates this year’s winner of ‘The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulation'. 3 articles were presented at #AMEE2020 sim Journal Club, led by the @AMEE_Online Sim Committee. Read about #Simulation versus #Simulacrum here: https://t.co/yRKebyGj7d #MedEd @DrGerryG

Sep 9, 2020 · 17 likes · 4 shares · 167 followers View post →
Gerry Gormley
@DrGerryG · X

Devoured this exquisitely well written commentary https://t.co/EbVZMXDV2C @margaret_bea @MedEd_Journal ‘Simulacrum thrive on comfort,the complex reduced to something so simple that it hides the challenge of reality @drjennyjohnston @DrHelenReid @drgkearney https://t.co/oYJCeVwOx9

Jul 21, 2020 · 15 likes · 5 shares · 2,753 followers View post →
Gerry Gormley
@DrGerryG · X

Just over 40 yrs since Baudrillard published ‘Simulacres et Simulation’. His work has never been more relevant #simulation #AI #ChatGPT We are ⬆️ living in a constructed world, which has become hyperreal & increasingly indistinguishable https://t.co/oYJCeVwOx9 @MurphingtonPost https://t.co/n5VZeVqzsa https://t.co/5SoAnylu16

Mar 25, 2023 · 14 likes · 4 shares · 2,753 followers View post →
Sci Guys
@SciGuysPod · X

Do robots creep you out? What about puppets, or CGI humans? Something strange happens when things become too human without quite making it all the way - we start to hate them… It’s The Uncanny Valley, and you’ll find a lot of weird things in it. https://t.co/7DUAXUh7UT https://t.co/XqRpkfDqZm

Aug 9, 2021 · 12 likes · 2 shares · 3,122 followers View post →

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Diego Olmo Ferrer
@dolmo76 · X

@SEMES_ Simulation vs simulacrum in my humble opinion. Are we happy that we didn’t hurt those unwillingly involved? What if we hurt ourselves in the process? Too many questions. https://t.co/zOVTR2PHr2 https://t.co/JjnLonKWvw

Jun 10, 2023 · 678 followers View post →
Public Engagement MHLS
@qubengagemhls_d · X

RT @DrGerryG: Just over 40 yrs since Baudrillard published ‘Simulacres et Simulation’. His work has never been more relevant #simulation #A…

Mar 27, 2023 · 4 shares · 1,011 followers View post →
Helen Reid
@DrHelenReid · X

RT @DrGerryG: Just over 40 yrs since Baudrillard published ‘Simulacres et Simulation’. His work has never been more relevant #simulation #A…

Mar 25, 2023 · 4 shares · 1,153 followers View post →
Debra Nestel
@DebraNestel · X

RT @DrGerryG: Just over 40 yrs since Baudrillard published ‘Simulacres et Simulation’. His work has never been more relevant #simulation #A…

Mar 25, 2023 · 4 shares · 2,779 followers View post →
Grainne Kearney
@drgkearney · X

RT @DrGerryG: Just over 40 yrs since Baudrillard published ‘Simulacres et Simulation’. His work has never been more relevant #simulation #A…

Mar 25, 2023 · 4 shares · 656 followers View post →
Gerry Gormley
@DrGerryG · X

Just over 40 yrs since Baudrillard published ‘Simulacres et Simulation’. His work has never been more relevant #simulation #AI #ChatGPT We are ⬆️ living in a constructed world, which has become hyperreal & increasingly indistinguishable https://t.co/oYJCeVwOx9 @MurphingtonPost https://t.co/n5VZeVqzsa https://t.co/5SoAnylu16

Mar 25, 2023 · 14 likes · 4 shares · 2,753 followers View post →
Grainne Kearney
@drgkearney · X

RT @DrGerryG: @StellaHPE Couldn’t agree more Stella. To reassure you-criticality is finding a very receptive home in all aspects of #sim no…

Jun 12, 2022 · 1 share · 656 followers View post →
Gerry Gormley
@DrGerryG · X

@StellaHPE Couldn’t agree more Stella. To reassure you-criticality is finding a very receptive home in all aspects of #sim not only in EDI training (esp phenomenological/rhizomatic learning) We wrote about this a few yrs ago https://t.co/oYJCeVwOx9 @drjennyjohnston @drgkearney @DrHelenReid

Jun 12, 2022 · 4 likes · 1 share · 2,753 followers View post →
e
@queerntired · X

RT @SciGuysPod: Do robots creep you out? What about puppets, or CGI humans? Something strange happens when things become too human without…

Aug 9, 2021 · 2 shares · 26 followers View post →
kopperek
@copperjeowady · X

RT @SciGuysPod: Do robots creep you out? What about puppets, or CGI humans? Something strange happens when things become too human without…

Aug 9, 2021 · 2 shares · 15 followers View post →
Sci Guys
@SciGuysPod · X

Do robots creep you out? What about puppets, or CGI humans? Something strange happens when things become too human without quite making it all the way - we start to hate them… It’s The Uncanny Valley, and you’ll find a lot of weird things in it. https://t.co/7DUAXUh7UT https://t.co/XqRpkfDqZm

Aug 9, 2021 · 12 likes · 2 shares · 3,122 followers View post →
Clare Thomson
@slowtech2000 · X

RT @MedEd_Journal: Adding to the Cross-cutting edge series, Johnston et al. introduce readers to the postmodern concept of the simulacrum a…

Oct 5, 2020 · 2 shares · 1,439 followers View post →
Medical Education
@MedEd_Journal · X

Adding to the Cross-cutting edge series, Johnston et al. introduce readers to the postmodern concept of the simulacrum and explore its relevance to the growing field of simulation education. Authors: @drjennyjohnston @DrHelenReid https://t.co/vbdfYmbUEY #MedEd #Simulation https://t.co/9DgZECmyI6

Oct 5, 2020 · 4 likes · 2 shares · 13,010 followers View post →
Prashant Kumar
@kumar916_kumar · X

RT @AMEE_Online: #AMEE2020 Virtual Conference Awards & Prizes! Congratulations to winners of The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulat…

Sep 10, 2020 · 6 shares · 626 followers View post →
Niall Rundle
@NiallRundle · X

RT @AMEE_Online: #AMEE2020 Virtual Conference Awards & Prizes! Congratulations to winners of The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulat…

Sep 10, 2020 · 6 shares · 257 followers View post →
Dr Jessica Stokes-Parish PhD, RN
@j_stokesparish · X

RT @AMEE_Online: #AMEE2020 Virtual Conference Awards & Prizes! Congratulations to winners of The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulat…

Sep 9, 2020 · 6 shares · 2,964 followers View post →
Linda Ní Chianáin
@banaltra_glas · X

RT @CamesResearch: CAMES congratulates this year’s winner of ‘The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulation'. 3 articles were presented…

Sep 9, 2020 · 4 shares · 530 followers View post →
Gerry Gormley
@DrGerryG · X

RT @AMEE_Online: #AMEE2020 Virtual Conference Awards & Prizes! Congratulations to winners of The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulat…

Sep 9, 2020 · 6 shares · 2,753 followers View post →
Grainne Kearney
@drgkearney · X

RT @AMEE_Online: #AMEE2020 Virtual Conference Awards & Prizes! Congratulations to winners of The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulat…

Sep 9, 2020 · 6 shares · 656 followers View post →
Grainne Kearney
@drgkearney · X

RT @CamesResearch: CAMES congratulates this year’s winner of ‘The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulation'. 3 articles were presented…

Sep 9, 2020 · 4 shares · 656 followers View post →
Teresa Chan | 陳敏怡
@TChanMD · X

RT @AMEE_Online: #AMEE2020 Virtual Conference Awards & Prizes! Congratulations to winners of The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulat…

Sep 9, 2020 · 6 shares · 14,634 followers View post →
AMEE Online
@AMEE_Online · X

#AMEE2020 Virtual Conference Awards & Prizes! Congratulations to winners of The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulation: Johnston JL, Kearney GP, Gormley GJ, Reid H. Into the uncanny valley: simulation versus simulacrum? Medical Education. 2020 Apr 20. #MedEd #ComingToAMEE https://t.co/wcrb3Zbboa

Sep 9, 2020 · 26 likes · 6 shares · 11,891 followers View post →
AMEE Online
@AMEE_Online · X

RT @CamesResearch: CAMES congratulates this year’s winner of ‘The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulation'. 3 articles were presented…

Sep 9, 2020 · 4 shares · 11,891 followers View post →
CAMES_Research
@CamesResearch · X

CAMES congratulates this year’s winner of ‘The Best Research Paper in Healthcare Simulation'. 3 articles were presented at #AMEE2020 sim Journal Club, led by the @AMEE_Online Sim Committee. Read about #Simulation versus #Simulacrum here: https://t.co/yRKebyGj7d #MedEd @DrGerryG

Sep 9, 2020 · 17 likes · 4 shares · 167 followers View post →
Ulster Medical J
@UMJBelfast · X

RT @DrGerryG: Oh the irony....I’m presenting on behalf of the team’s work. @drjennyjohnston @DrHelenReid @drgkearney on our simulacrum pape…

Sep 7, 2020 · 5 shares · 582 followers View post →
Mary Crickard
@carricklass · X

RT @DrGerryG: Oh the irony....I’m presenting on behalf of the team’s work. @drjennyjohnston @DrHelenReid @drgkearney on our simulacrum pape…

Sep 7, 2020 · 5 shares · 177 followers View post →
AMEE Online
@AMEE_Online · X

RT @DrGerryG: Oh the irony....I’m presenting on behalf of the team’s work. @drjennyjohnston @DrHelenReid @drgkearney on our simulacrum pape…

Sep 6, 2020 · 5 shares · 11,891 followers View post →
Nancy McNaughton
@uto_nancy · X

RT @DrGerryG: Oh the irony....I’m presenting on behalf of the team’s work. @drjennyjohnston @DrHelenReid @drgkearney on our simulacrum pape…

Sep 5, 2020 · 5 shares · 285 followers View post →
Andrew Tagg
@andrewjtagg · X

RT @DrGerryG: Oh the irony....I’m presenting on behalf of the team’s work. @drjennyjohnston @DrHelenReid @drgkearney on our simulacrum pape…

Sep 3, 2020 · 5 shares · 10,545 followers View post →
Gerry Gormley
@DrGerryG · X

Oh the irony....I’m presenting on behalf of the team’s work. @drjennyjohnston @DrHelenReid @drgkearney on our simulacrum paper https://t.co/oYJCeVwOx9 and it’s a virtual avatar based conference #hyperreal @purdy_eve @SocraticEM ....of course this avatar is close to the original! https://t.co/OYvQkFylYo

Sep 3, 2020 · 64 likes · 5 shares · 2,753 followers View post →
Dr Helen Johnson
@HJohnson2FSD · X

RT @DrGerryG: Devoured this exquisitely well written commentary https://t.co/EbVZMXDV2C @margaret_bea @MedEd_Journal ‘Simulacrum thrive on…

Jul 23, 2020 · 5 shares · 1,017 followers View post →
Medical Education
@MedEd_Journal · X

RT @DrGerryG: Devoured this exquisitely well written commentary https://t.co/EbVZMXDV2C @margaret_bea @MedEd_Journal ‘Simulacrum thrive on…

Jul 23, 2020 · 5 shares · 13,010 followers View post →
Bonnie Amelia Dean (she/her)
@_BonnieDean · X

RT @DrGerryG: Devoured this exquisitely well written commentary https://t.co/EbVZMXDV2C @margaret_bea @MedEd_Journal ‘Simulacrum thrive on…

Jul 22, 2020 · 5 shares · 1,647 followers View post →
Margaret Bearman
@margaret_bea · X

RT @DrGerryG: Devoured this exquisitely well written commentary https://t.co/EbVZMXDV2C @margaret_bea @MedEd_Journal ‘Simulacrum thrive on…

Jul 22, 2020 · 5 shares · 1,278 followers View post →
Grainne Kearney
@drgkearney · X

RT @DrGerryG: Devoured this exquisitely well written commentary https://t.co/EbVZMXDV2C @margaret_bea @MedEd_Journal ‘Simulacrum thrive on…

Jul 21, 2020 · 5 shares · 656 followers View post →
Gerry Gormley
@DrGerryG · X

Devoured this exquisitely well written commentary https://t.co/EbVZMXDV2C @margaret_bea @MedEd_Journal ‘Simulacrum thrive on comfort,the complex reduced to something so simple that it hides the challenge of reality @drjennyjohnston @DrHelenReid @drgkearney https://t.co/oYJCeVwOx9

Jul 21, 2020 · 15 likes · 5 shares · 2,753 followers View post →
Laura Joyce
@laurajoycenz · X

RT @purdy_eve: Hey #FOAMsim, looking for your weekend coffee-sipping read? This is it. While doing so think about your own philosophical or…

Apr 26, 2020 · 1 share · 1,014 followers View post →
NZ Nursing Research - Te Wāhanga Rangahau Tapuhi
@NursResearch_NZ · X

#research #simulation #simulacrum Into the uncanny valley: simulation versus simulacrum? https://t.co/OcggyxHTyA

Apr 25, 2020 · 1 like · 402 followers View post →
Johanna Rhodes
@EngagingToLearn · X

@KarynMadden5 Into the uncanny valley: simulation versus simulacrum? https://t.co/y03YuH92yM

Apr 25, 2020 · 726 followers View post →
Eve Purdy
@purdy_eve · X

Hey #FOAMsim, looking for your weekend coffee-sipping read? This is it. While doing so think about your own philosophical orientation to sim. Are you a modernist? post-modernist? Something else? Does your program/design/delivery match up??? https://t.co/AzvDohGrFX

Apr 25, 2020 · 6 likes · 1 share · 5,534 followers View post →