Whether it’s artificial intelligence programs or the Amazon rainforest, people often experience gratitude or protectiveness toward non-human entities because they perceive these entities as having good intentions, according to research published in the journal Emotion.
We keep thanking machines and forests for one strange reason, and it is reshaping human bonds
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