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# Objective beauty (See also: [[:Category:Aesthetics]]) | # Objective beauty (See also: [[:Category:Aesthetics]]) | ||
## Mathematical/geometric beauty such as symmetry, smoothness, elegance, or more generally, simplicity. | ## Mathematical/geometric beauty such as symmetry, smoothness, elegance, or more generally, simplicity. | ||
## Exaggerated, arbitrary and sexually dimorphic beauty, such as large female breasts or male penises, highly specific shapes of noses (e.g. upturned nose in females) or chin, i.e. [[Few millimeters of bone|few millimeters of bone]], dimples on back or cheeks, and also complex coloration patterns in birds. These kinds of beauty cannot fully be explained by simplicity because they seemingly have unnecessary specificity or complexity. Either there are functional constraints or correlated characters<ref>Price T, Langen T. 1992. ''Evolution of correlated characters.'' [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21236041 Abstract]]</ref> preventing a simpler shape, or sexual selection | ## Exaggerated, arbitrary and sexually dimorphic beauty, such as large female breasts or male penises, highly specific shapes of noses (e.g. upturned nose in females) or chin, i.e. [[Few millimeters of bone|few millimeters of bone]], dimples on back or cheeks, and also complex coloration patterns in birds. These kinds of beauty cannot fully be explained by simplicity because they seemingly have unnecessary specificity or complexity. Either there are functional constraints or correlated characters<ref>Price T, Langen T. 1992. ''Evolution of correlated characters.'' [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21236041 Abstract]]</ref> preventing a simpler shape, or sexual selection results in arbitrary shapes becoming sexually attractive. | ||
# Subjective beauty | # Subjective beauty | ||
## Individual preferences resulting from individual emotional experiences or individual development of neuronal circuitry for inherited sexual preferences regarding aesthetics. | ## Individual preferences resulting from individual emotional experiences or individual development of neuronal 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 | 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 beauty became an important factor of attraction. This was 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, [[Scientific_Blackpill#Beauty_is_objective_and_measurable_in_the_brain|objective beauty plays a greater role]] than subjective beauty and [[trucels]] are objectively unattractive as everyone [[Scientific_Blackpill#People_broadly_agree_on_who_is_good_looking_or_not.2C_and_it_affects_every_aspect_of_life|highly agrees]] on them being unattractive. | ||
Not just looks, but also behavior can be beautiful, e.g. attractive behavior | Not just looks, but also behavior can be beautiful, e.g. attractive behavior is elegance, poise and wit. The opposite is awkwardness, delayed responses, stuttering, violation of norms etc. | ||
Beauty is often perceived to be associated with various positive traits [[Scientific_Blackpill#Attractive_people_are_perceived_much_more_positively_than_they_really_are|to unreasonable degree]]. | Beauty is often perceived to be associated with various positive traits [[Scientific_Blackpill#Attractive_people_are_perceived_much_more_positively_than_they_really_are|to unreasonable degree]]. | ||