I think "The Uncanny Valley" relationship-phenominon to highly-lifelike appearing robots is a natural emotional reaction for normal people, because a robot will always be artificial on some level, and making technology appear natural is in contradiction to what technology is -- an invention of the will.
On the gross level, your human will feel like the scientist is trying to pull a fast one on him. On another level, the human being will feel like technology is trying to mimic him, as a replacement. Ultimately, technology can do neither, because it is the demonstration of the will.
Basically -- I think that "The Uncanny Valley" can be avoided if we relate to technology as Invented, and not as Life, and we resist the temptation to mimic through technology theories of the how and why we were created. Technology is an expression of the will, which is human expression, and has limitations. Ultimately, nature has no limitations, because it is natural.
Scientists will continue to grapple with the unlimited reality of reality.
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