Feeling is mutual, actually O:-)

Anthropomorphism and Anthropodenial are both variants of Anthropocentrism, and share the same limitations. Have you considered other axes of thought?

I can readily admit that lots of humans will naively anthropomorphize horrendously, but I think that:

- The eliza effect is not what people think it is

- What is actually going on is obscured by all the anthropomorphizing

- But this is yet no grounds to throw out the underlying phenomenon, especially when a) it can be useful and/or b) it causes people to get hurt.