alt Hacker NewsThere's definitely some bias around personification. Several religions and cultures place importance on personification and/or anthropomorphism.
Perhaps like auditory hallucinations, the experience can be distressing _or not_ and we can observe that between different cultures.
I appreciate that the abstract highlighted where personification is unhelpful.
Yes, I found that part interesting. It never occurred to me that some people might find object personification to be distressing.