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## Individual preferences resulting from individual emotional experiences or individual development of circuitry for inherited sexual preferences regarding aesthetics. | ## Individual preferences resulting from individual emotional experiences or individual development of circuitry for inherited sexual preferences regarding aesthetics. | ||
Objective beauty is largely [[Sexual selection|sexually selected]], i.e. our ancestors tended to choose objectively beautiful mates and hence our species evolved to be beautiful, and possibly reinforced by feedback loops like [[Fisherian runaway]] or sensory bias<ref>Fuller, R. C., Houle, D., & Travis, J. 2005. ''Sensory Bias as an Explanation for the Evolution of Mate Preferences.'' [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/444443 Abstract]]</ref>. Furthermore, objective beauty plays a greater role than subjective beauty. | Objective beauty is largely [[Sexual selection|sexually selected]], i.e. our ancestors tended to choose objectively beautiful mates and hence our species evolved to be beautiful, and possibly reinforced by feedback loops like [[Fisherian runaway]] or sensory bias<ref>Fuller, R. C., Houle, D., & Travis, J. 2005. ''Sensory Bias as an Explanation for the Evolution of Mate Preferences.'' [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/444443 Abstract]]</ref>. Furthermore, objective [[Scientific_Blackpill#Beauty_is_objective_and_measurable_in_the_brain|beauty plays a greater role]] than subjective beauty. | ||
Not just looks, but also behavior can be beautiful, e.g. attractive behavior has elegance, poise and wittiness. The opposite is awkwardness and violation of norms etc. | Not just looks, but also behavior can be beautiful, e.g. attractive behavior has elegance, poise and wittiness. The opposite is awkwardness and violation of norms etc. | ||