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Why do we anthropomorphise the things around us?

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?

This clip is related to the Human Zoo: The Lives of Things, 15 December 2015

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